After the prosperous Tang Dynasty

After the busiest and busiest Spring Festival has passed, the firecrackers and firecrackers let off in front of the door are still there.

Until the officials were about to go back to court every day, Xiao Song never mentioned the news of Princess Xincheng's death in Tubo at home, and even Lengyue Border Pass seemed to be temporarily silent, just waiting for the lively New Year to pass.

After finally sorting out all the things in Xu Guogong's mansion for the New Year, and after being completely busy this year, Mrs. Pei finally spared a day, took her three children, and took a carriage to Pei government.

The two families are relatives by marriage, so the annual gifts have been given to each other long ago. The soap that was handed over to the craftsman before is now more reliable. Naturally, there are two shops that are starting to sell it here and there. , Because it is really good to use, it has been a little popular in Chang'an City for a while.Therefore, this time when people gave the New Year's gift, Mrs. Pei specially added a few bars of soap to it, which were specially made by skilled craftsmen, and the materials used were much more precious than those usually sold in shops.

It's just that it's winter after all, and the amount of soap used is definitely not comparable to that in summer. Pei Shi doesn't care about these trivial matters at all.

Since she learned two days ago that she was going to visit Pei's family, Xiao Yansui asked Axiu to distill two more bottles of purified shochu, and put them in a wooden box separately, intending to carry them to her grandfather Pei Yaoqing.After all, this kind of shochu with high alcohol content is currently the only one with no semicolon.

——Although she has always felt that smoking and drinking are harmful to health, and she herself has never been keen on it, but who made her grandfather Pei Yaoqing like it?After all, it’s Chinese New Year’s Eve, so if the elders like to drink, let him have a few sips =v=

Moreover, just by relying on these two bottles of alcohol that can only be used to make do with it, Xiao Yansui has gained the top spot among many younger generations of the Pei family.Opening the box and seeing the familiar sealed wine bottle inside, Pei Yaoqing's face was already beaming with joy, not to mention a big red envelope for her precious granddaughter's New Year's wallet, and happily stuffed another one of his treasures into Xiao Yansui's, Before Xiao Yansui took out the things, even Mrs. Pei didn't know about it.

After all, it was the first month of the month, and everyone in Pei's mansion was also full of joy. Even the maids and servants serving in the mansion looked more energetic than usual.

Mrs. Pei was sitting with her mother, and when the mother and daughter were talking heart-to-heart, Xiao Yansui was still sitting with several cousins ​​of the Pei family. Of course, there were two more cousins ​​with Xiao Yansui this time. A cousin like Yan Sui, a group of girls are still drinking tea, embroidering, reading, and playing with beautiful new jewelry. Xiao Yansui is still sitting on the side with a smile on her face, thinking about her own affairs. Of course, some of them belong to Pei. Xiao Yansui guarded the plate with the special secret recipe of the house, and tasted a fresh one.

Xiao Yansui, a child, was distracted over there. A mother married into the clan. The older cousin surnamed Li kept her voice down and shared a story about Princess Wan'an with Pei Siyi and Pei Siyue in a low voice. romantic anecdote.

——The aristocratic women of the Tang Dynasty were tough after all. Even unmarried girls were a little bit shy when talking about such "lovely affairs", but anyway, they heard the news from others. Handkerchiefs to each other for a private chat and a sneaky smile, but it's no big deal.

The voices of the cousins ​​were all too low. No matter how hard Xiao Yansui who was sitting in the other half pricked up his ears, he could only hear a few vague words. However, as the instigator of the whole incident, Xiao Yansui Sui actually knew much more about what happened than those who heard it.Therefore, Xiao Yansui listened to a few key words in bits and pieces, just like encountering a short passage he had recited while doing English listening, and he completely completed the unclear part of cousin Li's words without any effort.

However, what made Xiao Yansui most happy was that when she went back to her natal home with her mother, Mrs. Pei, she happened to hear about the "lovely affair" between Princess Wan'an and Monk Daoyuan, and Well, the ones who said these whispers were still young girls, so the extent of the spread of the whole thing may have far exceeded her original imagination.

——Princess Wan'an and Monk Daoyuan are now famous, especially the two of them are quite famous in Chang'an City. Although they added a lot of incense money to Xuandu Temple that day, but this wave Absolutely no loss!

Having said that, Xiao Yansui originally wanted to donate all his private money, but after Xiao Heng came back from Princess Yuzhen's annex next door and learned the whole thing from Xiao Yansui, he went straight , the incense money was paid by Xiao Heng for Xiao Yansui. Looking back, Xiao Yansui still can't help but feel that this brother is so reliable and generous...

I don’t know if these news reached the palace, but I hope Xuanzong will know about it soon =v=

After all, the affairs of Tang Dynasty princesses have never been a big deal, and this time it will be such a big mess, thanks to the young monk Daoyuan who is also one of the most famous monks in Chang'an City, especially in his daily life. It seems that every word is full of Buddha nature. Xiao Yansui, who is used to the information explosion in later generations, thinks it is very interesting. For the people of the Tang Dynasty, who are relatively scarce in information, this is a "cute contrast". ah!

What's more, the favored princess and the extraordinary handsome young monk, this is not an exception!

Former Tang Taizong Li Shimin's daughter, Princess Gaoyang married Fang Yiai, but after marriage she had an affair with Monk Bianji. Today, Princess Wan'an and Monk Daoyuan, who became a monk and prayed for the late emperor, are in Princess Yuzhen's other courtyard. Fighting in public, a love story that touches ancient and modern times, and all of them are famous people, what a gossip to drink!

After playing in Pei's mansion for a day, Xiao Yansui remained in a happy mood until the evening when he came home in a carriage, which made Mrs. Pei look at her several times along the way, and couldn't help asking with a curious smile: " What good thing did your grandfather give you again, so happy?"

"Hey... Mom, I had a good time at Pei's house." Xiao Yansui was telling the truth, although she would not tell Mrs. Pei that she was gloating.

Seeing that her daughter was getting along well with her natal family and having fun, Pei naturally showed a gentle smile.

When Xiao Yansui heard the news about Princess Wan'an from several cousins, Xiao Heng, the son of the aristocratic family, actually heard some rumors from other places. The princess sent a post to invite her in advance, but she just happened to go there to join in the fun. Otherwise, Xiao Heng didn't dare to think how many mysterious smiles full of deep meaning he would have encountered during this time.

Waiting until the Lantern Festival on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, it was another bustle.

Since the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, there has been a custom of lighting up lanterns on the fifteenth night of the first lunar month. Among the folk craftsmen, talented people have emerged in large numbers. All kinds of exquisite and interesting lanterns have been hung up on the street one after another since the end of the twelfth lunar month. .

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, in the vast city of Chang'an, bamboo lanterns can be woven on the streets and bridges, and the entire sky street lamp market is a bustling and lively scene.

As early as Ruizong's time, a Huren Potuo asked to burn a thousand lamps, and Ruizong went to Anfumen to watch it in person that day.

During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong of the prosperous Tang Dynasty, every two nights around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, officials were given holidays, and the curfew in Chang'an City was lifted. .

Previously, Xiao Yansui was still too young, and during the lively Lantern Festival, she was only carried out by Mrs. Pei for a lap or two. Before she could play anything, she went straight home.

Today, although Xiao Yansui's age is still young, the five or six-year-old girl can walk and run steadily, and she is already able to clearly express her preferences. Therefore, this year's Shangyuan Lantern Market, Early in the morning, Mrs. Pei allowed Xiao Yansui to hang out with her elder brothers Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu.Of course, the maidservant must be accompanied by guards.

Xiao Yansui didn't care about this at all. After all, Shangyuan Lantern City will definitely be crowded with people, but when there are too many people, troubles will easily arise, especially since she is indeed still a child. For safety's sake, she can't do without adults. company.Although she misses the modern times more than now, Xiao Yansui still cherishes life very much. Going out to play with bodyguards will not affect her watching the fun at all. In case she buys some miscellaneous things on the road on a whim, These servants and guards can help carry it, anyway, she doesn't care about it at all!

At this moment in the Tang Dynasty, there was no more regular Lantern Festival like later generations, but there was a small snack called "you", which happened to be the predecessor of Lantern Festival.

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the cook in the kitchen makes good noodles, breads the dates, and then squeezes the dough-wrapped dates into the soup pot and cooks them in the way of hand-squeezing balls, and then removes them from the boiling pot. Take it out and put it in well water to cool, and finally fry it in an oil pan until the skin becomes golden and soft, and the jujube pulp inside melts. When you bite it open, the outside is crispy and the inside is soft. The noodle core can almost flow a little, and this pot of dim sum can be served out of the pot.

At dinner, Xiao Yansui tasted two small dim sums that were the predecessor of the Lantern Festival, and nodded, feeling that it was more like frying the Lantern Festival than cooking the Lantern Festival. After thinking about it, he directly made a suggestion for Axiu and the kitchen Said, you can try to turn the flour into sticky glutinous rice flour, and then the dates inside can also be replaced with rose filling, red bean, sugar and sesame, etc. The glutinous rice flour is not easy to be boiled, and then There is no need for such complicated frying process, just boil it in clean water and it will be out of the pan. You can also drink some Yuanxiao soup =v=

After dinner, Xiao Yansui, together with Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu, led a large number of servants out of the house under Pei's thousands of instructions.

Xu Guogong's mansion was originally located in the inner city of Chang'an, where every inch of land was precious. Because of the yard around it, the neighbors who were far away from each other were also lands of wealthy families. Therefore, gorgeous lanterns had long been hung on this street. Zhu Fei, Xiudong, Subi, and Lvqi are particularly attractive under the moonlight, but these places, because of the relatively small number of residents, are not as lively as the lantern market on Tianjie.

At first, Xiao Yansui, Xiao Heng, and Xiao Wu could walk side by side relatively leisurely. However, after arriving at the bustling Paradise Street, the street was crowded with people, like Xiao Yansui and Xiao Wu. Such a small child, if there is no adult to carry him on his back, he will basically be squeezed in the middle of the crowd in Ulala, with only the clothes of the person in front of him in his eyes, and nothing else...

Xiao Heng grabbed Xiao Wu with one hand, and was just about to hug his sister with the other hand, when someone reached out and patted Xiao Yansui's shoulder gently from behind, Xiao Yansui looked back subconsciously, "Hmm ?” Then he met a pair of focused but smiling eyes.

There happened to be a stream of people passing by on the bridge next to it, Xiao Yansui's side was delayed for a while, those people and carriages just happened to be squeezed between the two brothers Xiao Heng, Xiao Wu and Xiao Yansui, and the three brothers and sisters were immediately taken away. One to wash away.

There are too many people in Tianjielamp Market, and occasionally there are a few carriages, which are also trapped in the crowd, making it difficult to move.The crowd on the entire street can only move slowly in one direction, and it is basically impossible to change positions and change directions by passing the crowded crowd around them.

How powerful is the force of the crowd, Xiao Yansui just stood near the side of the road to stand there without moving, but seeing that he was about to be squeezed away by the crowd, Li Tan stretched out his hand , grabbed the little girl who was a whole head shorter than him, and dragged her to the eaves on the road, and he was a little relieved. The few guards who were guarding Xiao Yansui just now were of course desperate. Squeezing out from the crowd, it happened to completely protect Xiao Yansui and Li Tan under the eaves.

"Why are you the only one?" Li Tan asked Xiao Yansui, who was also alone, except for the two guards who followed him step by step.

However, at this moment, Xiao Yansui didn't bother to answer his words at all, "Wait a minute," taking advantage of the fact that although the crowd is crowded, they will definitely not be able to find them after they are scattered, but Xiao Heng and Xiao Wuren must not have left yet. Too far away, Xiao Yansui simply shouted at the top of his voice: "Xiao Heng, Xiao Wu! I'm fine!"

——At the moment, the streets are filled with the names of a certain Saburo and a certain Goro, so Xiao Yansui naturally called a more targeted name directly.

Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu, who were still trapped in the crowd and were forced to keep moving forward, were anxious just now. Hearing his sister's voice, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. Xiao Heng quickly looked at the people around him. The guard, knowing that at least some of them followed Xiao Yansui, felt a little relieved.Xiao Wu didn't think as much as Xiao Heng, and subconsciously shouted: "Liu Niang, let's see you at the teahouse in front later!"

The two voices of the Xiao brothers and sisters could be regarded as a wake-up call to many people who were scattered in the crowd. Immediately, some people followed suit and yelled. That's it, even though we can't squeeze through, it's always possible to make an appointment in advance and let us meet there later.

The shouts of Xiao Yansui, Xiao Heng, and Xiao Wu's brothers naturally fell into Li Tan's ears. Now, he didn't need to ask why Xiao Yansui came out alone—it was simply accidental was squeezed out.

"What about you? You seem to be alone too?" Xiao Yansui turned around, raised her head slightly to look at Li Tan, and said with a smile.

Li Tan replied bluntly, "I just met Zhang Jiulang, and my elder brother accidentally missed the time to say hello to him."

After all, the flow of people on the Lantern Market is too dense at this moment, you squeeze me and I squeeze yours, even if others want to make way, they can't do it. People who are traveling together only need to be separated by the crowd, and then they want to get together in the crowd , is simply a matter of difficulty.

"There are too many people." Xiao Yansui echoed softly with a smile.

On the night of the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the weather was clear, the moon was pouring, and there were lanterns under the eaves. Although it was night, they could clearly see the expressions on each other's faces when they were close.

At this moment, Li Tan and Xiao Yansui were standing very close to each other, looking at her smiling expression, as if the image of a bright lantern was still reflected in her eyes, Li Tan knew in his heart that although he and Xiao Heng, Xiao Yansui Wu Wu was lost, but Xiao Yansui still didn't feel any anxiety or fear in her heart.

This little girl is very courageous, and she doesn't have the shyness of girls of the same age. Li Tan realized it the first time she saw her in Ximing Temple.

Both of them were alone, Li Tan blinked his eyes, looked at Xiao Yansui, and seriously suggested, "The two of us go together?"

"Okay!" Xiao Yansui nodded bluntly. There are many tourists in the Tianjie Lamp Market. It is not so easy to meet someone he knows again. For Li Tan's invitation, Xiao Yansui naturally followed the trend I agreed.Of course, if you accidentally get separated again, it's okay...

Xiao Yansui and Li Tan are both children, even though Li Tan himself is a head taller than Xiao Yansui, but as a young boy who is only eight or nine years old, when standing in the crowd, he can still only see the backs of others dilemma.

A guard servant who had been following closely wanted to hug the two of them, but they were both rejected. After thinking about it, Li Tan said: "The street on the left is full of vendors selling goods, and hanging lantern riddles. Those who guess the characters should be more or less compared to the people who appreciate the lanterns all the way here."

——After all, even if the crowd is still crowded, at least because some people will stop to buy something from time to time, it won't be like this, completely involuntarily being faced by people and walking forward.

"Then let's go and have a look!" Xiao Yansui was also full of curiosity about the Shangyuan Night Market in the Tang Dynasty at this moment, but thinking about what Xiao Wu had just yelled about waiting for her in the teahouse in front, Xiao Yansui walked from his side Among the several servants and guards who followed, he randomly picked one and ordered, "Go ahead and talk to my brother."

The servant quickly complied.After all, because Xiao Yansui was the youngest of the three children in the Xiao family and she was a girl, when she was accidentally dispersed by the crowd just now, those guards who had taken Pei's order and had been told to face him early in the morning, Many people followed Xiao Yansui subconsciously, so that the number of guards left here was more than the two of Xiao Heng and Xiao Wu combined. At this moment, only one person was assigned to report the letter, which was totally unacceptable. Doesn't affect anything.

Li Tan stood there, and after watching the servant of the Xiao family disappear into the crowd, he said directly to Xiao Yansui: "Come here?"

"Okay!" Xiao Yansui nodded, and together with Li Tan, squeezed in the direction of another street from a small alley under the eaves.

The guards around the two of them looked at each other, but they didn't see each other. They were basically huddled together, protecting Xiao Yansui and Li Tan in the center.

When we arrived at the street on the left, although it was still densely packed with people at a glance, it was still much better because people stopped to buy things in front of the small vendors from time to time, compared to the difficult situation of turning around just now.

Without Xiao Yansui or Li Tan's instructions, the guards had tacitly formed a semicircle as much as possible, slightly separating other passers-by.

Xiao Yansui and Li Tan walked inside, and saw that the nearest place in front of them was a small stall with lights, all of which were small lanterns that were the size of a palm and were just right for children to hold in their hands to play with.

"Go and have a look!" Xiao Yansui said, and Li Tan immediately followed.

Even if the light was too dim, the small vendor couldn't recognize the material of Xiao Yansui and Li Tan's clothes at all, but seeing the guards around them, the vendor knew in his heart that no one would dare to think about it. The young gentleman and the young lady who came from a wealthy family saw the two of them curiously gathered in front of their stall, the vendor was really nervous and excited.

These small palm-sized lanterns are all made of cheap and rough five-color tulle, but the landscapes, flowers, birds, animals, insects and fish painted on them are quite interesting, especially when a small candle inside is lit, the warm yellow light is reflected On the tulle, a hazy atmosphere is brought out, which makes people ignore the simple material of the lantern itself.

Anyway, it was a fun thing in itself, so Xiao Yansui picked out a small lantern with a tree of orange and yellow loquats painted on it, and asked Li Tan with a smile, "Do you want it?"

Li Tan shook his head.

"Then let's go on!" Xiao Yansui chose the small lantern, and the peddler quickly used a stick of incense to light the inside of the small lantern, and then handed it to Xiao Yansui, followed by his servants He asked the price in a low voice, and then handed over the copper coins.

Within two steps, next to the peddler selling lanterns just now was a peddler with masks hanging on a cart.

In the earliest days, masks were mostly used by Hu people in the north, so they were also called beard heads.One of the more famous people who like to wear masks is King Lanling of the Northern Qi Dynasty who wore a mask of hungry ghosts to kill the enemy during the Southern and Northern Dynasties.In the Tang Dynasty, it was often called a mask, and it has long been a favorite toy for children, especially during the Shangyuan Festival.

Xiao Yansui originally just watched the excitement, but seeing Li Tan's expression, he was quite curious about these masks, so Xiao Yansui asked, "Buy?"

"Yes." Li Tan nodded without hesitation.