Chapter 82: Pitching the Pot
After a while, Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping walked out.
Seeing the costumes of the two, Dugu Lantai's eyes couldn't help but light up.
I saw that Wu Zetian's head and mouth were wrapped in a black scarf, only a pair of eyes were exposed, and he was wearing a long red dress on his lower body, like an exotic woman, which had a unique charm.
On the other hand, Princess Taiping came directly to a woman dressed as a man, dressed in green clothes, with short boots on her feet, her long black hair pulled up high, and a wooden hairpin stuck on it, her face was slightly yellow, and there were two beards stuck under her nose. Like a little guy, like that.
Princess Taiping took two steps proudly, looked at Dugu Lantai and asked, "How is it, uncle, my skills are not bad, right?"
Dugu Lantai nodded and said, "Well, it's pretty good, it's definitely hard for ordinary people to recognize you." ”
Wu Zetian said: "Then let's go." ”
In this way, Dugu Lantai is in front, in the middle is the masked Wu Zetian, and finally is the princess Taiping who bows her head and pretends to be a small servant.
The three of them swaggered out of the main hall.
Dugu Lantai looked at the palace maids and eunuchs outside, and said, "The Queen of Heaven and Her Royal Highness the Princess have already slept, you leave the two palace maids on duty in the side hall, and everyone else will rest!"
Although none of these people knew Dugu Lantai, could the people who could get very close to the Queen of Heaven and Her Royal Highness the Princess be ordinary people?
With the identity token of Dugu Lantai, the road was unimpeded, and the three of them walked out of the palace smoothly.
As soon as he walked out of the palace gate, Wu Zetian exhaled deeply and said, "It's so dangerous!"
In fact, it was not dangerous at all, mainly because it was the first time she did this, and she couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Looking at Princess Taiping's calm face, it shows that she is not nervous at all, and it seems that she has long been used to it.
However, she slipped out of the palace smoothly, and for Wu Zetian, she was still very excited, she said: "It's too stuffy in this palace, this time I should come out by the way to breathe." ”
Princess Taiping smiled: "Hehe, queen mother, in the future, Taiping will take you out to breathe, don't you know, it's lively outside." ”
Wu Zetian glared at Princess Taiping and said, "Fooling around, this may be the last time I sneak out of the palace." You have to remember that you and I have different identities and statuses, if you are targeted by some people and make a big fuss about it, I am afraid that it will be doomed at that time, so if you are not completely sure, you will not leave the palace in the future!"
Princess Taiping let out an "oh", her eyes rolled, and she didn't know if she heard it.
Wu Zetian turned his head to look at Dugu Lantai and said, "Then Lantai, you can lead the way." ”
Dugu Lantai nodded and led the two of them to Beicheng.
It was slowly getting dark, but Luoyang City at this point was particularly lively and beautiful, with the lights on at the beginning of the day, hawking, shouting, and juggling.
Moreover, the enthronement ceremony is getting closer and closer, and the flow of people in Luoyang City is also more than usual, and all kinds of people such as Hu people, Japanese people, Silla people, and Baekje people walk on the street, looking like a harmonious and prosperous scene, which also highlights the peerless style of the Tang Empire!
Wu Zetian followed behind Dugu Lantai and watched all this with curiosity.
Princess Taiping has completely recovered her heroic nature, giggling, look at this for a while, look at that for a while, and look at that for a while!
And her naughty and mischievous ability also amazes Dugu Lantai.
A middle-aged man selling sugar gourds had just walked past them, and they saw Princess Taiping quietly walking over and taking three of them.
And the man was not a fool, he immediately turned his head when he heard the movement, and saw a young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes actually smoothed his three sugar gourds.
How could the man be willing to give up, so he stepped forward viciously and asked the Taiping Princess: "You look very good-natured, how can you steal something?
Princess Taiping pretended to be frightened, and quickly hid behind Dugu Lantai, and pointed to Dugu Lantai and said to the man selling sugar gourds: "I don't have money, but he has money, he is my uncle, you can ask him." ”
The man looked at Dugu Lantai again.
Dugu Lantai shook his head helplessly, took out a piece of broken silver from his arms and threw it to the man, "Don't look for it, the rest is all for you." ”
The man took it and saw that it was actually a piece of broken silver, and he was very happy, so he quickly nodded and said, "Brother Xie rewards." ”
This was just a small episode, and it passed quickly, Princess Taiping took a total of three sugar gourds, she took out two, and handed one to Dugu Lantai and Wu Zetian.
A few people ate while walking, Wu Zetian hadn't eaten this kind of folk snack for a long time, and couldn't help but praise: "Well, this sugar gourd is very sweet, and it's quite delicious." ”
However, he complained a little about Princess Taiping, and said: "You girl too, this crazy personality should also be collected, what kind of system does a girl's family become, by the way, why don't you bring more money when you come out? How can you let your uncle spend money!"
Princess Taiping said, "Why do you want to bring money? But every time I come out, I don't bring money." ”
Wu Zetian was a little speechless.
A few people walked around and took a look, and suddenly found that there were many people in front of them, and there were cheers, which looked quite lively, Dugu Lantai protected Wu Zetian and Princess Taiping and squeezed through the crowd.
I found out that I was playing a pot throwing game.
Throwing pot is a kind of throwing game done by ancient scholars and doctors when they feasted and drank, and it is also a kind of etiquette, which originated in the pre-Qin period and prevailed in this dynasty. Pitching a pot means to put an arrow into the pot.
Sure enough, the three of them saw a shaped table in the field, on which were placed five arrows, and two prizes, one was a string of Buddha beads made of agarwood.
Of course, with Dugu Lantai's vision, it can be seen at a glance that this string of Buddhist beads is not made of high-quality agarwood, but the most ordinary kind of agarwood, but even so, it is still quite precious to ordinary people.
There is also a prize is a jade hairpin, the turquoise jade hairpin looks very comfortable like a pool of spring water, indicating that the jade quality is not bad, the workmanship is exquisite, and the shape is like a peacock.
Wu Zetian was not only curious, but there was nothing to come, Princess Taiping stared at the jade hairpin and said, "What a beautiful jade hairpin, uncle help me win it." ”
Then Baba looked at Dugu Lantai and pretended to be pitiful.
Dugu Lantai secretly said in his heart: "This woman is eccentric and very difficult. ”
But he said, "I'll take a look first." ”
A white cloth was pulled under the table, which detailed the gameplay and rules of the game.
The white cloth said that if you hit three of the five arrows in a row, you can take one of the two prizes at will, remember! If you hit all five arrows in a row, you can take both prizes.
These five arrows are also cheap to throw, and only one copper plate is needed.
Dugu Lantai saw that a two-eared long pitcher was placed on the ground ten steps away from the table.
No wonder no one took the prize for such a long time, this distance is still a little difficult for ordinary people, and then there is the rule of continuous shooting, which also limits the hit rate of many people.
Most of the people in the field had already tried it, and one of them was a big man who shot three arrows, but it was not consecutive, and everyone couldn't help but feel sorry for it.
At this time, Princess Taiping pushed Dugu Lantai forward and said loudly: "Boss, we have to try it too!"