Qiming 1158

Chapter 660 Xin Qiji never looked back
During the Lantern Festival, Song people often like to use fireworks to add to the fun. Fireworks are set off in the palace and in the folk to attract tourists and ladies.

There are many kinds of fireworks and firecrackers used by Song people to celebrate festivals. There are more than 20 kinds of fireworks and firecrackers such as watermelon cannons, lotus-picking boats, and Saimingyue.

In addition to fireworks and firecrackers, other cultural and artistic activities such as social fire parade, singing and dancing, and acrobatics were held somewhere on the street of Lin'an City, attracting the attention of tourists, and they all cheered loudly when the performance was wonderful.

The most interesting thing here is [Dan Bao Lao]. Bao Bao is always a dance wearing a mask. Its movements imitate a puppet, which is funny and can add a festive atmosphere to the festival. It was quickly popularized and there were many participants. .

Xin Qiji followed the spy to Lao Bao's stage, and followed the crowd around to watch the antics of the comedians on the stage. Seeing the antics and all kinds of funny voices, he couldn't help being amused.

A laugh is everyone laughing together, a burst of laughter, the atmosphere is warm and joyful, Xin Qiji also clapped and clapped along with the crowd, laughing loudly.

The laity has the happiness of the laity, and the literati also has the romance of the literati. The literati prefer to guess lantern riddles during the Lantern Festival.

Interesting lantern riddles were posted under the bright lanterns. The literati took their female relatives to solve the riddles one by one, and showed their talents and demeanor in front of the female relatives. As for the small gift after the guess, the right should be A cheery addition.

Compared with these, the Lantern Festival is the most worth seeing and provides the greatest atmosphere for the entire festival, the lanterns.

The lights of the lanterns light up the market after nightfall, allowing people to walk freely even if there is no sunlight. The lights of the entire Lin'an City are so large that it is unknown how many lanterns and candles will be burned out in one night.

The production process of lanterns in the Song Dynasty has been greatly improved compared with the previous dynasties. The revolution of lamps and lanterns has brought about great changes in daily life.

In addition to the usual kinds of lanterns, the Lantern Festival is also common in the Song Lantern Festival, that is, the lanterns are stacked on the shed to form a mountain forest, and the legends and stories that the common people love to see are painted on them. flavor.

The people are so lively, of course, the royal family of Zhao and Song should follow the ancestral motto of having fun with the people, and happily participate in this grand festival.

As the owner of the highest technology, the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasty set up the lamp mountain in the palace, which is even more peculiar, and also created the earliest artificial fountain in my country.

The fingers of Manjusri Bodhisattva and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva on the Dengshan built by the royal family of Zhao and Song Dynasties can automatically spray out five streams of water. Jing, how can you not let the nobles in the palace indulge in it?

The ceremony of viewing the lanterns by the emperor of the Zhao family is called stepping on five flowers.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the emperor of the Zhao family will take the civil and military officials to the Yingxiang Pond of the Five Mountains Temple first.When they arrived at Dengshan, the emperor's imperial chariot had to circle around Dengshan and watch the lantern upside down, so it was called Treading Five Flowers.

Then the emperor wanted to entertain his close officials in the east and west corners of the imperial building. At this time, both the inside and outside of the palace gate were dressed as a sea of ​​lights, which was extremely bright, not only for the close officials to watch, but also for the public to watch freely, showing the royal bearing.

The emperor who was unattainable on weekdays only became very close to the people on this day, and even deliberately climbed the tower to meet the people who were close at hand, and let the people admire the emperor's face.

At this time, there are always a lot of people watching the emperor's face. There is almost no place for people to stay under the palace city, and even after the event is over, many people are crowded and leave here without touching the ground. .

In the end, some people lost their shoes, some people lost their hats, and some people were disheveled, so that people thought they had done something stupid, which was quite funny.

Xin Qiji was not interested in the royal family of Zhao Song, nor was he interested in Zhao Gou. He didn't want to see Zhao Gou's annoying old face, so he went to the food street next to Zhong'an Bridge.

At this moment, there is also a sea of ​​people here, and the lights on both sides of the street are denser and brighter than other commercial streets, making the street as bright as day.

Xin Qiji took the guards and squeezed into the crowd of people, watching the tempting food on the street, smelling the tempting aroma, and the gluttons in the belly immediately began to rebel.

Xin Qiji couldn't help it and started spending money.

The sprinkles are crispy and chewy.

The crispy yellow is delicious and fresh, and it is a must-try.

Ten-color flower candy is sweet and delicious, how can you not eat it?

Chengsha cake is soft and sweet, how can you miss it?

The steamed cake is fragrant, my favorite.

Eight Treasures Rice is sweet and pleasant in the mouth, and you won't be human if you don't eat it!
Xin Qiji's strong desire to buy and appetite made the spy look stupid, but looking at Xin Qiji's tall and sturdy body, he suddenly felt that it was not incomprehensible that Xin Qiji could eat so much.

So if a strong body does not eat more, how can it withstand huge consumption?

At the same time that Xin Qiji completely released his appetite, the guards who followed him also started to eat a lot with Xin Qiji's permission, and even the spies felt unprecedentedly hungry. cute.

Then just eat it.

So the spy also turned into a hungry ghost and ate his food.

Xin Qiji took the last bite of the Eight Treasures Rice, feeling the sweetness in his mouth, and smacking his lips, he saw a street vendor selling suet and leek pancakes.

At this time, although he felt that his stomach was full, his mouth still wanted to eat. Although he felt that it was not good to eat too much at night, seeing such a grand occasion, it seemed that he was sorry for not eating too much this time.

After thinking about it, I feel that it is also rare. I have come here, why bother to suppress myself?

So he decided to have another suet leek pancake to neutralize the sweetness in his mouth.

The suet leek pancake was bitten into my mouth, and I was about to sigh at the strong aroma of oil. Suddenly, I saw a stewed chicken drumstick. The yellow and oily fried chicken drumsticks actually glowed under the illumination of the light. Look. Xin Qiji's eyes straightened.

It's been a long time since I've eaten chicken, so... eat one?
So Xin Qiji spent two chicken legs in his wallet, and bought two chicken legs for each of his subordinates. Then, a mouthful of suet and leek pancakes was paired with a mouthful of chicken. Although his mouth was full of oil, it was not very elegant, but it saved the suffering of chapped lips in winter.

After walking for a while, Xin Qiji felt tired and thirsty. He happened to see a stall selling fresh fish soup on the street, so he brought six followers and sold six bowls of fish soup.

The six people sat down around a low table, eating what they were holding and drinking delicious fish soup, so happy.

There were two other tables of people drinking fish soup in this stall. Xin Qiji ate and drank while listening to the chatter and laughter of the two tables.

It seems that the man surnamed Chen of a certain house on the street of Qinghefang has not changed his mind and his thief will not die. Although he has been cleaned up many times, he still steals the family's money and goes to Huayuelou to eat flower wine and play with women. Chasing him down the street with a rolling pin.

Good guy, that's a thrilling man. The Chen family's male owner is small and thin, but his wife is tall and sturdy. He chases and beats with a rolling pin, and the Chen family's master screams.

The neighbors on the street looked at the situation with a smile, saw the rise, some people cheered loudly, some people shook their heads and smiled bitterly, some people made suggestions and pointed out the direction, some people tried to find a doctor for the Chen family's male master, and some children were heartless and heartless. They all thought it was a fun game, and they applauded and cheered.

After a turmoil, the male master of the Chen family was carried home, and the bone-setting doctor who came to fix his bones for the third time expressed his sincere gratitude and sincere admiration to the male master of the Chen family.

Xin Qiji couldn't help but smile when he listened to it.

With chicken thighs and suet chives in his mouth, he raised his head and looked around.

Under the shroud of lights, the entire commercial street seemed to glow with a layer of orange-red light. From a distance, it was like heaven and earth, and being in it was intoxicating.

Some people are laughing, some are joyful, as if there is no sorrow or crying, as if everything that people with lofty ideals have pursued for thousands of years is here.

There is noise, laughter, hawking, and the sound of fireworks.

It is the gentle voice of the husband to the wife, and the gentle exhortation of the wife to the children.

The fireworks in the world touch the hearts of mortals.

so good.

For a moment, Xin Qiji thought about how happy this life would be if he could stay in this moment forever?How wonderful?
Immediately, the flamboyant and human smile faded from Xin Qiji's face.

Because he knew that all this was just a dream, a real dream that could be touched.

He is not the messenger of peace, he is the spokesman of war, what he brings is not peace, but war.

The sword of war hangs on the head of Lin'an City, but the people in this city seem to have no sense of it, and they are still celebrating step by step.

Is this really happy?
Is this fleeting soulful lover really happy?
Xin Qiji was silent for a while, then lowered his head and ate and drank. He and the guards ate what was in their hands and finished the delicious fish soup.

Then he stood up, walked over to the stall owner, took out his money bag, and asked the stall owner about the price using the crappy Nan Yin he had just learned.

"Five cents and a bowl of fresh fish soup, there are six bowls in total, a total of thirty cents."

The stall owner smiled, leaned forward slightly, and looked at Xin Qiji with a smile.

Xin Qiji then took out a handful of copper coins and stuffed them into the hands of the stall owner without counting them.

"The fish soup is delicious, you can keep any more."

With that said, Xin Qiji turned around and left.

The stall owner was a little surprised, looking at the hand full of copper coins that obviously exceeded [-] pennies, and hurriedly said: "Guest officer, more, really more."

Xin Qiji stopped and turned his head to look at the smiling stall owner.

"Although we are small businessmen, we have to pay attention to what we get for every penny. It is not easy to catch fish in winter, so the fish soup of four cents is sold for five cents, but it is only that much, no matter how much more, It doesn't make sense."

The stall owner picked out thirty pennies, and then handed the extra money back to Xin Qiji.

Xin Qiji looked at the copper coins returned by the shopkeeper with both hands, and carefully looked at the middle-aged and chubby stall owner. He felt that he looked very kind, and no matter how he looked at it, he didn't look like a mean person.

"Give it to you, keep it, the fish soup is delicious, I'm very happy, this is a reward, you don't need to pay me back."

The stall owner looked at Xin Qiji, saw that he didn't seem to be a fake, and he was rich and noble, so he smiled.

"I have never seen such a generous guest as you."

Xin Qiji smiled.

"Everyone here is stingy?"

"Then you can't say that. You get what you pay for every penny. How can you say it is stingy?

The stall owner looked at Xin Qiji and asked, "Your accent doesn't sound like a local, are you?"

"Businessmen from the north."

Xin Qiji smiled and said, "There should be people from somewhere in Lin'an City, right?"

"No, there are people everywhere, from the Ming Kingdom to the north, the Dali Kingdom to the south, and the Champaign Kingdom, and there are many people from Fanbang who can't be named. Anyone who comes to Lin'an is willing to come to our street to eat and drink. , have fun."

The stall owner said with a smile: "Our stall has been here for more than ten years, and I have seen it a lot."

"Very good, very good."

Xin Qiji nodded with a smile, turned around and left with his six followers with inexplicable emotions.

"Guest officer, walk slowly. If there is a chance another day, come and have a bowl of fish soup at our stall. No money."

The stall owner bowed.

Xin Qiji took a deep look back at the stall owner, smiled at him, and waved his hand.

Although I don't know if I will come again, and I don't know if the stall is still there when I come again, but in any case, I am in a good mood and happy.

The fireworks in the world calmed Xin Qiji's inexplicable restless heart.

After eating and drinking, the night is getting darker, but the Lantern Festival is far from over, people are still full of interest, and there is still laughter and laughter between people.

Not only for beauty but also for lighting. Not only are there lights on the lampposts on the street, but there are also colorful lights hanging on the branches on the street. There are no leaves on the trees, just like this wonderful colorful lights have grown out. , doesn't look like a charm.

Walking along the way, a team of roaming dragons waving dazzling fish and dragon lanterns shouted and passed him, and the people around them applauded and laughed, admiring the wonderful fish and dragon dance.

The Lin'an family around Xin Qiji was deciding whether to eat sweets or salty food at night.

The male protagonist prefers salty food, the hostess and the children prefer sweets, and the man can't beat his wife and children, so he has no choice but to compromise and eat sweets that are rarely eaten once a year.

On the other side, the two grandfathers and grandsons are having a childish dispute over how to distribute the ice-sugar haws.

The grandfather said that he was old and should eat one more, and the little grandson said that he was young and should eat one more.

so good.

While walking, Xin Qiji sighed like this.

Why is it so beautiful?

Why is there such a scene of human fireworks in this decadent and depraved country?
In Xin Qiji's mind, he couldn't help but think of the two women who were kowtowing to him with their children to thank him, and their ragged and blue faces appeared in front of them.

Are they all right?
Are you still alive?
Could the warm fireworks in the city of Lin'an make them smell a shred of it?

Can?

Can't you?
This is only the warm fireworks in Lin'an City, why can't you also warm up the cold and chilling world outside Lin'an City? ,

Why is there such a big gap between the city and the city?
Xin Qiji's heart was full of doubts.

At this moment, he really felt his sense of alienation in this happy crowd.

The doubts and sadness in his heart seemed to form a barrier that cut him off from this joyous world--a sadly thick barrier between them.

Being here, but it is so out of tune with everything here, so different.

Everything here seems to be unable to form any attraction to him, on the contrary, it keeps pushing him outward, into the icy snow outside Lin'an City, and pushes him to the side of the desolate group of refugees who have nowhere to go.

Let him feel the freezing cold.

He just walked all the way, walking, his expression blurred, his eyes erratic.

He walked past the lively singing and dancing group.

He looked at the joyful people waving all kinds of lanterns, and his ears were filled with their laughter and cheerful and bright music.

He looked around at the trees adorned with all kinds of lanterns.

A gust of warm wind heated by fireworks blew across the street, causing the lanterns to sway, even with light spots.

So he murmured in a low voice.

"Dongfeng night blooms thousands of trees and blows down even more, stars like rain."

He walked past the parade of joy.

A magnificent festival float slowly passed by him, and the professional performers on the float did their best to arouse the emotions of the surrounding audience.

The performers parading the street beside the floats were dressed in all kinds of costumes, holding all kinds of musical instruments that Xin Qiji had never seen before, walking slowly, blowing and beating, the brisk music permeated this small world among.

He murmured in a low voice.

"BMW carved cars fill the road with fragrance, the phoenix flute moves, the jade pot turns brightly, and fish and dragons dance all night."

He walked past the laughing crowd.

Immortal couples dressed in festive costumes passed by him, and ladies holding fans with immortal faces also passed by him in groups, charming and beautiful, laughing and laughing. fragrant.

He was still whispering.

"Moth's snow willow golden strands, the laughter is full of dark fragrance..."

At the end of the Happy Food Festival, Xin Qiji stopped in surprise.

He looked at the cold people in front of him who gradually dispersed into the night, and then turned back to look at the lively and hustle and bustle of the hazy world.

He seemed to be at the intersection of two worlds, and a huge sense of tearing tore at him.

"People look for him thousands of Baidu……"

He lowered his head sadly, and after a while, he turned around again, raised his head, looked directly at the cold late night ahead, and took a deep breath.

"Suddenly looking back, that person is... in the dim light!"

The last rhyme fell, Xin Qiji stepped forward, left the lively and noisy orange-red hazy world without looking back, and walked into the cold and cold world without hesitation.

He opened his arms, embraced the cold air, and experienced a piercing feeling.

He never looked back.

(End of this chapter)