Chapter 37 Speech on Lantern Festival

As early as the seventh day of the first lunar month, the county has been built with mountain sheds. The lanterns on the mountain are colorful, golden and blue, and the face is full of colorful knots in the north, and there are also paintings of fairy stories, or people selling medicine and gossips in the market. There have been lanterns and various items in the Lantern Market.

It's the first time that Wang Bian saw the real version of the Lantern Festival, which is much more magnificent than the so-called Lantern Festival in Ditan Park in his previous life.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, Di Qing allowed them to go to the light show together, and everyone prepared for it. After gathering and setting off, I saw that Rouer and Yuexia were already dressed neatly. Both girls are all dressed. Rouer wears pearls on her head and light pink long clothes. After careful dressing up, she is more watery and playful. Under the moon, Yumei, Xue Liu and white jade hairpin, and a white Diao Chan sleeve robe, are even more bright and beautiful in the moonlight. The two of them carried bodhi leaf-shaped lanterns and followed the king. Behind him are He Libo and Lu Shenyan.

One wife and one concubine, so young and beautiful, and well-known about the way of women. Although they have not passed the door, the king is proud to think about the blessings of the people in the future. It is the youth who are not romantic. The two of them looked at the handsome young man next to the king, which attracted passers-by to look sideways.

Several people walked in the market and saw a flower tray rack car, inserting moths and red lights, and shouting and selling on the street. The car was loaded with lactose balls, north and south fruits, soap cakes, Chengsha dumplings and other food. It's okay for Yuexia to wait for someone to arrive, but Wang's side is dazzling.

Look at the hanging lights on the street. The law of the brothel does not allow prostitutes to participate in night tours, so prostitutes dress up and sit on the porch, laughing with the romantic children, and using bamboo poles out of the lanterns, looking like flying stars from a distance.

The streets are flooded with people, and artists compete to perform on the streets. There are miscellaneous dramas, rap, dance, acrobatics, music, martial arts performances, etc. Besides, there are lanterns, and the king can't see them. Dragon boats, phoenix dragons, platform stories, all kinds of colored lanterns, as well as sheepskin lanterns, and shadow play lanterns. There are also lamps made of silk, with poems written on them, hidden words. Wang thought to his mind that this lantern riddle had already existed in the Song Dynasty.

Everyone took pleasure in guessing the lantern riddle to see who went to one place first. When they saw a silk lamp, it was written: "Han is like Hu'er, and it's like a man. It's normal to change your face. It's only on the bank of the Fenchuan River." The answer to guess one person. Seeing this, Yuexia reached out and pulled off the lantern and threw it on the ground. After a few more steps, you will see the same light again. Wang Bian immediately felt that this matter was not good, so He Libo and Rouer were a pair. Lu Shenyan and Yuexia's team looked for this lamp respectively and told Yuexia to calm down. Several people almost split up. Sure enough, as the king inferred that this lamp was not one or two, but dozens of lamps.

Wang Bing planned to let Yuexia go back first, but Yue Xia refused. Seeing that Yue Xia was also angry, Wang Bing looked at the crowd around him. If he went back to send soldiers to the house now, the impact would be even worse. Let the escort go back first. But these lanterns were mostly made by the people, some were signed and some were not. I asked some people who said they didn't know the owner of the lamp.

The moon is determined to burn these lanterns. Lu Shenyan said, "These lanterns are not one or two. How to burn them? Besides, there are so many people." Everyone had no idea and looked at the king. Wang looked around. There happened to be a small square open space not far away. It was originally used only for the artist to sing in a circle. He lent the land to the storyteller. The artist took the silver liang with joy and lent the vacant land and the storyteller to the king.

Wang Bong ordered Yuexia and Lu Shenyan in a group, He Libo and Rouer in a group, took off the lanterns and took them to the open space. At this time, the people followed curiously, and the king took out a silver tael, 30 cents a penny, and received such lanterns.

Don't underestimate the 30 cents. About 1.5 liters of grain per person a day, and the sideline food eaten with it is about 40% of the grain. These foods are made into two meals, breakfast and dinner. Song people don't have lunch, and they usually eat a little heart at noon. It costs about 20 cents to buy 1.5 liters of grain and the required non-staple food.

In less than a while, all the lanterns in the lanterns will be collected here. There is a hill on the open ground. Wang said to everyone, "Can you tell me who the mystery of this lantern is?"

The people looked at each other in front of each other, but no one was willing to answer. Wang knew that they did not dare to say it. After all, Di Qing was a magistrate. He said, "Don't worry. If you know, just say it. There is another 100 yuan of silver." Hearing what he said, someone said loudly, "It's Lord Di Qingdi."

Wang Zan smiled and ordered Lu Shenyan to reward him. Except for the moon, the rest of the people didn't know what Wang Zan was selling.

But the king said, "This lantern riddle is indeed about Lord Di Qingdi." The people were in an uproar. This is obviously scolding Di Qing. Some people believe it, while others don't believe it and say, "This prince, Lord Di is a hero." Others said, "I haven't seen it, but I heard that Di Qing was plotting against each other."

Wang said to the crowd, "Listen to me tell a story!"

Everyone saw that the prince was brave and had just received the silver liang. It was strange to see that he did this move. In the past, he had to spend money to listen to books. Today, he got silver, so he simply listened to what the king wanted to say.

Wang knew that someone was creating public opinion, and he thought that Di Qing had a doctor's advice at this time, if he knew that the condition was unfavorable at this time. After calming down, his mind turned around Di Qing's heroic century. Seeing him say:

"Today I also want to tell a story. In the first year of Emperor Renzong of the Song Dynasty (1038), Li Yuanhao, the leader of the Dangxiang clan, claimed the emperor in the northwest and established Xixia. At this time, there is a commander of Yanzhou

This man comes from a peasant family. He has been practicing martial arts since he was a child and is good at horse riding and archery. He was brave and good at fighting. He acted as a pioneer many times and led soldiers to seize the generals. In every battle, he wore a copper mask, and was invincible. In four years, he participated in 25 battles, big and small, with 8 arrows in his body, but he was never timid.

In the past four years, he has led 25 battles in Dali, Qinghua, Yulin, Hunzhouchuan, Nan'an, Anyuan and other places. More than 2,300 people were included in the Xixia tribal camp, and more than 5,78 people were captured.

Saying this, he heard a sound of "wow" in the crowd.

Wang Bian continued: "This man was instructed by Lord Fan Zhongyan to give Zuo's Spring and Autumn, and said to him, "I don't know the past and the present, and I will be brave." He studied even more angrily and learned about the generals of war since the Qin and Han Dynasties.

In the fourth year of Huangyou, Nong Zhigao, the leader of ethnic minorities in Guangxi, fought against the Song Dynasty. He called himself Emperor Renhui, recruited troops, attacked the city and land, and fought all the way to Guangdong. I sent troops to the court several times to recruit, but all of them lost the soldiers and returned with great defeat. At this time, he, who had only been the deputy envoy of the Privy Council for less than three months, volunteered to do so.

I was very happy to be promoted. I appointed him as the envoy of Xuanhui South Courtyard, Xuanfu Hunan North Road, through the Guangnan thieves, and personally set up a banquet for him in the Hanging Arch Hall.

"At that time, the Song army was defeated in a row, the army's heart was shaken, and some generals attacked without authorization. As a result, they were defeated and suffered heavy casualties. The general we want to talk about, he vigorously rectified the military discipline, executed those who did not obey the order, and boosted the military prestige. Then he ordered the troops to move, and allocated and collected a large amount of grain from all over the country. When Nong Zhigao's army saw it, they thought that the Song army would not attack in the near future and relaxed their vigilance. However, he took advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness and suddenly divided the army into the first, middle and second armies. He personally took the lead in attacking quickly, captured the Kunlun Pass in one fell swoop, occupied the favorable terrain, and then ordered some troops to attack from the front. He held the battle flag and led the cavalry, divided the left and right wings, took a detour behind, attacked back and forth, and won the battle. "

Everyone applauded and cheered.

Wang's speech was almost done, so he said, "Do you know who I'm talking about?"

The people said, "It's Lord Di Qing." Wang Zong smiled and just wanted to speak.

Suddenly, a person flashed out of the crowd and said, "If you indulge in merit, you can't rebel."

Wang looked at this man, about thirty years old, with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks. When he talked to him, his eyes stared at the moon and Rouer. Yuexia said angrily, "Why do you say that my father is against me?"

The man said, "Everyone knows that Diqing's great Xiangguo Temple is dressed in yellow."

The king motioned Yuexia not to speak, and he was rude to everyone. Everyone, please look at me. What color are today's clothes under the moon..."

The people said, "White?" Yellow"

Originally, the king wore a white robe, but it happened that the moonlight and the surrounding lights were red, reflecting the shirts. In addition, everyone looked at the lights for a long time, and his eyes were naturally a little flowery.

Wang said, "You are so close to me that you don't know what color I'm wearing. How can Lord Di see it clearly when he lives high on the steps of the Great Xiangguo Temple? Besides, at that time, the lord and I were standing among the people at this time. There are no soldiers around. Is this called plotting in yellow? If it's called...,,, what about me at this time?"

He said with a smile, and everyone also said with a smile, "Yes. It seems that Lord Di was really wronged.

The king continued, "As you know, the emperor once gave Lord Di to wash off the tattoos on his face. But the lord said, "The emperor doesn't care about the origin of the minister. I want to leave the word "thorn" and let the people know that as long as you kill the enemy bravely and do your loyalty to the country, you can have a bright future."

After saying that, he asked the crowd with encouragement, "Do you think Lord Di is right?"

The people shouted, "Your lord is right!"

Wang Zou Sheng shouted, "Everyone shouts with me. As long as you are loyal to the country, you will have a bright future!"

Everyone's atmosphere was driven by him and shouted together. As long as you are loyal to the country, you will have a bright future!" Wang laughs secretly in his heart. Those speeches and so on incited in the previous life are really effective,

He added, "There are such loyal ministers, and there are also people who make such a lamp. What do you think?

Someone in the crowd shouted, "Burning it!" Then there was a cry of burning the lantern.

Wang Zan smiled: "As long as you are loyal to the country, you can have a bright future! If you agree with General Di Qing's words, you can burn it.

Everyone has been inspired, and this is also impassioned. Three or five people came over and burned lanterns to form a fire in the open space. The people took money and listened to stories, and were encouraged. Looking back to the king, he has long disappeared. It turned out that he had left in the chaos.

The king left and returned to the house, and several people laughed all the way. He didn't pay attention to the sharp-billed monkey's cheek, and he had sent someone to follow him. The king didn't tell Di Qing about the matter when he returned home. I forget it after a long time.

But how could Di Qing not know? In addition to being grateful to the king, he was already angry. When the king left Chenzhou, someone came to propose marriage under the moon.