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Chapter 1028 Yongning Bo's Standard Equipment
The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is commonly known as the Qinglong Festival, which is also the day when the legendary "dragon raises its head". , "Dragon Head Festival", etc., people often worship the dragon and pray for rain on this day, so that God can bless the land with a good harvest.

It is said in history that this day is the birthday of the father-in-law of the land, so some places also call it "the birthday of the land" in order to "warm the birthday" for the father-in-law of the land, and in some places, "land fairs" are held, which means that every household pools money to celebrate the father-in-law's birthday , Go to the land temple to burn incense and sacrifice, beat gongs and drums, set off firecrackers and so on.

As the saying goes, "On February [-]nd, when the dragon raises its head, everyone's small households make cattle."

At this time, when the yang energy rises, spring returns to the earth, and the fields begin to thaw, spring plowing will officially start at this time, and people should also prepare to transport manure for plowing.

It is said that as early as the period of Fuxi, the head of the three emperors, he highly praised the matter of "emphasizing agriculture and mulberry, and plowing the fields". One-acre three-point field.

Since then, the Yellow Emperor, Tang Yao, Yu Shun, Xia Yu and other emperors have all imitated the ancestors. Later, in the period of King Wu of Zhou, he not only followed this traditional practice, but also regarded "the emperor's own farming" as a An important state event to carry out, has continued to this day.

Even in the Ming Dynasty, this tradition was not lost. The emperors of all dynasties would go to the Shanchuan Altar on the west side of the southern end of Zhengyangmen to worship the mountains and rivers every early spring.

Then came to the middle position led by Tai Changqing to the one-acre three-point land. After the plowing ceremony began, the Minister of the Ministry of Households and the officials of Shuntian Mansion knelt down to the emperor respectively, offering Leisi and whips.

At this time, the emperor held a whip in one hand and supported the Leisi in the other, and plowed back and forth three times in the three-thirds of an acre of land, while the officials of Shuntian Mansion followed the emperor to sow seeds.

Afterwards, the emperor would return the Leisi and the whip to the officials, and then climbed to the viewing platform on the north side of the one-acre three-point land, where he watched the dignitaries and court officials plowing the fields. Among them, the princes and dignitaries went back and forth to plow the fields five times , while the six ministers and the nine ministers had to go back and forth to plow the fields nine times.

In the past, there was a New Year painting called "The Picture of the Emperor Plowing the Field", which vividly described the scene of the emperor's plowing ceremony, and the above-mentioned doggerel: "On February [-], the dragon raises its head, the emperor plows the land and the minister drives the cattle, and the official palace The empress always delivers food, and the ministers of the current court throw away the seeds, plow in spring and sow in summer and lead the world, and the five grains will be abundant and peaceful in autumn."

It fully shows how much people hoped at that time that there would be an enlightened emperor who would personally plow the spring and summer so that the common people could live a life of adequate food and clothing!

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Even the emperor did not rest peacefully in the palace, and led the princes, dignitaries, and civil and military officials to the altar of mountains and rivers to offer sacrifices to the mountains and rivers, in order to comply with the farming season, pray for good weather, and hope for a good harvest.

Naturally, Yongningbo Zhang Cheng can't turn a blind eye to this. After all, people in this era still believe in the gods very much. Even if it is to win over the people and show his wisdom and love for the people, he has to visit the fields and take the lead in praying for blessings. .

As a dynasty based on agriculture, farming is naturally a major national event, and the plan for a year lies in spring. If there is no plowing in spring, there will be nothing to look forward to in autumn, so spring plowing is a major event of the year.

Mrs. Yongning Bo's wife Ji Xuanzhu also got up early to make up and get ready, and the general's office was also very lively, people making noodles and frying beans were very busy.

At this time, crowds of people also gathered on the street in Chi Castle, and even colorful dragons were danced to create strings of lights and shadows, running wildly back and forth on the street.

And before dawn in the early morning, people from almost every household went out of the city to pick up a bucket of clean water from the Baihe River, sprinkle a few copper coins into it, and walk home with the sprinkled water all the way home to pour all the remaining water into the water tank. This is called "Si Qianlong".

Now it seems that there are still water stains on the street that are about to dry up, which are obviously the traces left by those "Si Qianlong" who acted late.

Yongningbo Zhang Cheng also got up early, and he came to his wife Ji Xuanzhu's house and saw the maid Yurui, who was instructing several elderly women to prepare moxibustion and incense.

"Emperor Capital Scenery · Volume [-] Spring Field" mentioned that "on February [-], the dragon raises its head, fry the remaining cakes for New Year's Day sacrifices, and smoke the bed kang, which is called "smoking worms", which is called "leading the dragon, rushing, and the worms come out." "

The second day of the second month of February is usually the time of the twilight and the vernal equinox. It is the spring return of the earth, the temperature gradually warms up, and everything recovers. Even many ants and insects that dormant in the cold winter begin to appear.

At this moment, the activities of various ants and insects, especially some poisonous insects, began to become more frequent. They hibernated for the whole winter, and once they woke up, the first thing they did was to find ways to find food.

Therefore, during this period, the activities of ants and insects are the most rampant, and many things that hurt people frequently occur at this time. In order to avoid the invasion of poisonous insects as much as possible, people hold general anthelmintic activities on February [-].

There is also a folk proverb that says, "On February [-], illuminate the beams of the house, and there is nowhere to hide the scorpions and centipedes." When the light comes on, it will fall by itself.

Of course, sticks, brooms or shoes can also be used to knock on the beams, walls, doors, bed kangs and other places of the house to drive away poisonous insects such as snakes, scorpions, gnats and mice.

Usually when doing these things, they would also recite or sing the long-handed ballad "On February [-], the dragon raises its head, and the scorpion and centipede hide their heads."

In addition to expelling these poisonous insects, it will also smoke the interior rooms of houses everywhere, especially commonly used tables, chairs, bedding, etc., which can not only avoid poisons that may be hidden inside to hide from the spring cold, but also effectively drive away the whole winter. Stuffy stale moisture.

Ordinary people must not be able to afford any aromatherapy, and even moxibustion seems a bit extravagant. Most of them use cattail grass and common weeds to light their homes.

And the person in charge of the fumigation naturally covered his mouth and nose with a damp cloth, and at the same time opened all the doors and windows wide to give those poisonous insects who couldn't stand the fumes a way to escape.

Under such an environment, it is natural that people cannot stay in the house, and they all gather in the streets and alleys. They follow the team of dragon dancers and stilts, and sometimes go east and sometimes west, which adds to the prosperity and excitement of the street. lively.

Right now, Yurui, the wife's servant girl in the back hall of the general's office, is instructing the mother-in-law to use good-quality wormwood to fumigate Madam's room, while clothes and bedding should be fumigated with high-quality sandalwood. Madam doesn't like other smells. .

Seeing that she had ordered the wives to do things, Yongningbo asked with a smile: "Yu Nizi, is Madam ready?"

"Going back to my uncle, the young lady has finished dressing and is just waiting for my uncle to come."

Hearing her voice like a silver bell, although it is not as gentle and pleasant as Ji Xuanzhu's, it also has a special charm, so she couldn't help asking: "Nizi, how old are you?"

The girl Yurui had a smile on her cherry-like face, and she happily replied: "After the new year, Yurui is already 16 years old."

"Ah."

Zhang Cheng responded softly, and said casually: "That's right, I said it's getting cuter and cuter, so I've reached the age to groom..."

Although his voice is soft, Yurui is not far away from him, and seeing the two of them talking here, and the other maids and women consciously avoiding it, this place seems very quiet.

Yurui listened to Zhang Cheng's words so sincerely that his pretty face was flushed with shame, but in Yongningbo's eyes he looked even cuter.

At this moment, an equally clear and pleasant voice came: "Who is talking outside?"

Yu Rui was also startled when she heard this voice, she replied in a little panic: "Sister Xiuyue, I'm outside."

At this moment, she turned her head again, her big eyes on her slightly charming pretty face kept blinking, like the twinkling stars in the night sky, and Zhang Cheng was a little drunk from seeing them.

"Sister Xiuyue, uncle is here."

With Yu Rui's return, the door was pushed open almost at the same time, and a round face was also exposed through the crack of the door.

There was a three-point smile on the corner of her mouth, and the two shallow pear holes made her more playful and cute. Before she got close, she gave Zhang Cheng a deep bow, and said: "It turns out that the young master has arrived, and the maidservant will report to the young lady. "

As she spoke, she was about to turn around, Zhang Cheng looked at Xiuyue's graceful and tall back, and sighed softly: "Grow up, you're all fucking grown up!"

"What did uncle say?"

After Yurui's question, Zhang Cheng came to his senses and thought to himself, "What's wrong today? It seems like a sperm has got into his head."

But of course I couldn't tell Yurui, the little girl, so I shook my head and said to her, "No, I didn't say anything."

Yu Rui also obediently stopped asking questions, but said to Zhang Cheng from the side: "My lord, please enter the lady's room for a while to have a glass of water."

There was a slightly weird smile on Zhang Cheng's face, and he took a step closer to Yu Rui, his eyes staring at Yu Rui's pretty face, he licked his tongue and said, "No. You are here to talk to me."

The little girl Yurui has never seen such a scene before, her beautiful and fair face immediately turned red like a ripe apple, and she hurriedly backed away in a panic.

But in her panic, she stepped on the ground, and her whole body fell backward involuntarily. Seeing this, Zhang Cheng rushed forward, grabbed Yu Rui's catkin with his left hand, and pulled her to his side with his strength. His right hand stretched out and was hugging her willow-like waist.

"what!"

Yurui let out an exclamation before blurting out, and she was already in Zhang Cheng's arms, the change came too fast, making a beautiful little girl who was not involved in the matter very shy, leaning against Zhang Cheng's arms with a look of shame. Look at a loss.

Zhang Cheng originally came to pick up his wife Ji Xuanzhu to attend the plowing ceremony outside the fort, but he was busy with military affairs for days, but at the moment when he saw Yurui's shy state, he couldn't help but make a few words and jokes in his heart.

But he never thought that Yurui would step into the air, it was purely an accident that he held her in his arms now, but now that the soft jade is warm and fragrant in his arms, he can't bear to let go.

One of them shyly bit her pink lips with a jade face, while the other had a beating heart, shortness of breath, and a state of blood spurting, and even those handsome eyebrows and eyes were faintly bloodshot.

The sound of heavy breathing, and the breath of male hormones, hit Yu Rui's shy and tender face, invaded from her mouth and nose, and penetrated to the heart.

There was a "squeak" sound of opening the door, but it stopped instantly.

"Yu Rui, go to Jia Ma's place and tell her to come over quickly after holding the young master."

Ji Xuanzhu's words made Yu Rui wake up instantly, and gave her a good reason and excuse to get out of this embarrassing and indecent situation.

"Yes, ma'am."

Sure enough, Yurui quickly escaped from Zhang Cheng's body, whispered back, and then ran away as fast as she could.

Zhang Cheng also saw Ji Xuanzhu at this time, and couldn't help feeling a bit of guilt in his heart: They gave birth to babies for us, and we still miss their personal maids, so fucking shameless.

But seeing that Ji Xuanzhu seemed to give a few words to Xiuyue who had just left the house, she walked towards him alone. After standing still in front of Zhang Cheng, she softly said: "Husband, why worry, Yurui is mine. The dowry maid will be yours sooner or later, but there are a lot of people in this courtyard, and if you are a little careless, you may be spread by those who gossip, and your husband's reputation will be damaged."

When Zhang Cheng saw what she said, he knew that this matter could no longer be explained. Moreover, once the two sides confronted each other, it would be because he had spoken frivolously, and it was hard to get rid of the suspicion of molesting first, so he would not explain it anymore.

He smiled and stepped forward to hold Ji Xuanzhu's hand, and said softly: "What kind of yin virtues did I cultivate in my previous life, so that I can have this blessing in this life and be able to marry a virtuous woman like my wife."

Ji Xuanzhu took advantage of the situation and grabbed Zhang Cheng's hand, and said softly: "I only have these two dowry girls by my side. They have been with me since childhood, and they are as close as sisters. I will not treat them badly."

She turned her head and winked at the door of the house, then turned around and walked forward with Zhang Cheng, and said as she walked, "Yu Rui and Xiu Yue have accompanied me since I married you Zhang Cheng." From that day on, I have made preparations for opening the room, and the rest depends on when you feel this way."

When Ji Xuanzhu said this, he seemed to sigh lightly, and then continued: "I thought you took in two girls just to relieve the distress in the army, but I never thought that you would be like this after you got married. Every time I go to battle, I will bring back a woman who is as beautiful as a flower and like a jade!"

What she said directly made Zhang Cheng look ashamed. Although none of the women were obtained by other means, it was true as Ji Xuanzhu said. Every time he went out to fight, he would bring back a woman. This seems to have become a reality. It is the standard configuration of Yongningbo.

"stop laughing?"

Seeing the sneer on Zhang Cheng's face, Ji Xuanzhu couldn't help laughing angrily. She patted Zhang Cheng lightly, and said, "If it wasn't for that, I would have advised you to give Yurui and Xiuyue a long time ago. The girl has opened the room, so she can keep her by her side so that she can be my companion forever.

You can see all kinds of performances of yours, but you can't make up your mind for a while, seeing that you seem to have a little interest in Yu Rui today, why don't you take this opportunity to take her into the room first. "

When he said this, he suddenly stopped in his tracks, staring at Zhang Cheng closely with his beautiful eyes, as if he wanted to see what was going on in his heart, and asked, "Husband, how do you look?"

(End of this chapter)