Great Qin's son-in-law

Chapter 170: Adolescents, Young Hearts! (seeking subscription)

At the age of Fuxi (fuxi), Shangsi has arrived.

The Shangsi Festival has a long history. According to legend, it is to commemorate the birthday of the Yellow Emperor.

Originally, this day was just for summoning souls and warding off evil spirits.

But slowly, the activities have added content such as bathing by the side of the river, sacrificial banquets, Qushui Liushang, and spring outings in the suburbs. Now it has become a rare major festival in Daqin.

Everyone is happy.

When Qin Luoheng went to the banks of the Wei River, there were already many people by the river, all of them were young men and women, they were all wearing newly made spring clothes, the noble ones wore silk, the poor ones wore sackcloth, and served them according to their respective attire, Identity, standing on different riversides.

Everyone looked at Weishui, their faces full of anticipation.

Naturally, Qin Luoheng knew what they were expecting. On the Shangsi Festival, there was an activity of 'removing the side bath'. The original intention was to let people go to the waterside to wash, remove the grime, take away the bad luck from their bodies, and pray for good luck.

Later, it evolved into an activity where men and women enjoy each other in spring and women pray for pregnancy.

Just as Qin Luoheng was looking at the riverside and meditating, a voice came from not far away, and the person who came was reading the content of the Analects, "Those who are in late spring, the spring clothes are ready, there are five or six people who are crowned, and six or seven are boys." , bathing in Yi, dancing in the wind, singing and returning."

Qin Luoheng's eyelids twitched.

He naturally heard who it was.

Guo Dan!

He followed the prestige and saw Guo Dan walking towards him with a red face in Zhufu, but he couldn't relax for a moment, chanting "The Analects of Confucius" and "Book of Songs" he didn't know where he learned, loudly looking around Show off with high spirits.

When he ran out of words, Guo Dan walked over and greeted him familiarly, "Brother Qin, here we come."

"Guo Shangli." Qin Luoheng did not dare to be rude.

Guo Dan was dissatisfied and said, "Brother Qin, don't make such false rituals on such a beautiful day. Before I came to Guanzhong, I didn't know that there was such a good day here. In the past, I only heard that Zheng Di and Jing Chu had it, but I didn't. Think of Guanzhong as well.”

"If I had known earlier, I would have devoted myself to it."

"Ugh."

"After all, it's still reading. No, it's because of my lack of knowledge. However, it doesn't matter. You can still participate now. Wouldn't it be nice for everyone to bathe in Lantang by the river?"

Qin Luoheng sized Guo Dan up a few times, and asked curiously, "If I remember correctly, this Shangsi Festival is usually attended by unmarried young people, right? Guo Changli?"

Guo Dan's face darkened.

Hum said:

"What does it say?"

"Although I am older than you, I still feel like a teenager. Why can't I participate in such a festival?"

"Besides, this is not what I wanted to come. If my wife hadn't forced me to come, I wouldn't have bothered to come. These women are troublesome. They always listen to what those wizards say, saying that if you touch the water on this day, you can conceive and have a child."

"Ugh."

Guo Dan sighed, but his eyes were fixed on the river, and he nodded from time to time, obviously enjoying it.

Qin Luoheng chuckled.

While the two were chatting in low voices, there was only the sound of a chime, and a large boat slowly came from the lower reaches, anchored on the shore and stopped.

Qin Luoheng followed the prestige.

On the deck of the tall ship, there was an altar decorated with flowers and orchids. On it was a wizard wearing sacrificial attire, a lotus garment, a loom belt, an orchid crown, and Lu Li, with various colors dotted on his face.

With a chime.

A group of dancers on the deck followed the wizard of the building boat and danced as a sacrifice. The people on the shore moved differently.

Neither Qin Luoheng nor Guo Dan moved.

Qin Luoheng looked at the wizard on the tall boat, and Guo Dan looked at the girl dancing on the shore. The two of them were very close to the shore, so they naturally heard what the wizard was muttering.

Qin Luoheng didn't understand, and asked curiously, "Sir, what is this wizard talking about?"

"Ah?" Guo Dan was a little unresponsive. His eyes were still focused on the girl dancing by the river, and his hands and feet were swaying along with him. Then he explained: "What else can the priest say? Just the words of those gods and ghosts." , What is praying for the blessings of the gods, the harvest of the grain, the good weather, the protection of evil spirits, and the blessing of the reproduction of children and so on."

Qin Luoheng doubtfully said, "Sir, do you really understand?"

Guo Dan didn't change his face and said: "Whoever listens to the shamans on the Si Festival, what they want to say, I have this leisure, so I might as well look at those young and beautiful Shu by the river, no, I mean to sacrifice with them. "

"Sincerity makes spirit!"

The corner of Qin Luoheng's mouth twitched.

He could see that Guo Dan participated in the Shangsi Festival purely to find flowers. As for the process of the event, he didn't care at all, and it was useless to ask.

At this time.

The wizard's dance sacrifice is over.

With the sound of a chime, Wu Zhu, who didn't know when to get off the boat, held bunches of orchid grass and distributed them to the people by the river one by one.

Guo Dan looked at Qin Luoheng with a smile on his face, "Can Brother Qin know how to swim?"

Qin Luoheng shook his head.

Guo Dan patted Qin Luoheng on the shoulder, and said with a deep expression: "That's a pity, brother Qin will find time to learn to swim in the future. It's a great pity that he can't swim because of the beautiful scenery on such a beautiful day."

Done.

Guo Dan immediately began to take off his clothes and belts.

Then he yelled and ran towards the river with his eyes shining.

The men and women on the shore, after getting the bluegrass, seemed to have received the order, and laughed happily. Regardless of gender, they began to undress, and then walked straight into the water.

see.

Qin Luoheng stared wide-eyed.

He thought that he had already thought about Shangsi Festival very openly, but when he saw the scene of men and women bathing together in front of him, he couldn't help thinking to himself.

I am still too young.

Seeing that almost everyone around was in the water, Qin Luoheng hesitated for a moment, then took off his upper garment, went to the river, and washed his upper body with a spoon of river water.

A few dozen steps away from him was a group of women. They all untied their hair and washed their hair with scented bluegrass. Although there was a distance between the men and women, the lotus-like arms of the girls could still be vaguely seen in their eyes.

There is no lack of swimming in the river.

Sometimes when he goes down suddenly, he dives directly in front of the woman, which naturally makes the nearby women laugh and curse, and the sound of playing in the river, laughing and cursing are all there.

There is a breath of spring in the air.

Qin Luoheng thought he had seen the world, but he was also amazed by the open scene in front of him. Although it was not a large mixed bath, it was not much different. He understood why Guo Dan asked himself if he could swim.

Good water quality can be close to the water tower.

In this era of advocating free love, it is undoubtedly very eye-catching to show more. At other times, showing your strong and strong body will be more or less criticized by others, but right now you have no scruples, and it is easy to attract women's attention. Naturally It is also easy to breed men and women to hook up.

This is one of the functions of the Shangsi Festival.

Qin Luoheng dealt with it, put on his upper clothes, and went to the Lanchi High Terrace not far away.

The road also passed other riversides with other identities. Within sight, men and women began to sit together on these lawns, and many of them even began to say witty words, making both sides smile.

Qin Luoheng glanced quietly.

Secretly in my heart.

I don't know that those groves will suffer tonight.

The Lanchi High Terrace is adjacent to the Lanchi Palace. Originally, the Lanchi High Terrace was not open to the public. On the day of the Shangsi Festival, the government specially opened it to the children of official officials and above to help them find a partner who is well-matched and pleasing to each other.

There are guards outside Lanchi High Terrace to check the identities of those who enter. After all, most of the people who can go up are the children of official officials and above, so some precautions should be taken.

Qin Luoheng didn't meet the standards, but he was well-known, so he was naturally allowed in.

He didn't really want to come up.

He didn't know most of the people who could participate, and it would only be embarrassing to go, but this time it was Bo Shu's invitation, so he could only be there.

As for why Bao Shu was able to enter the arena, he didn't know, presumably the government granted permission for these aristocratic children to participate.

Go to the high platform.

It was empty above.

Qin Luoheng didn't care either.

Sitting alone in the pavilion, looking at the crowd playing in the water below.

Not far from Qin Luoheng's bathing place, both Shen Shun and Wen Zhao had finished bathing.

Shen Shun put the willow sticks in his hair, looked around, and sneered, "Brother Wen, what did I say that day? Qin Luoheng just said, didn't he come here? I guess he was afraid We saw it, so I took a shower and went to the Lanchi High Terrace."

"How could I not know about his little thought?"

Wen Zhao laughed and said, "He probably thought he was very smart, so he came quietly and left quietly, then went back to the classroom and said he didn't go, and continued to pretend to be noble in the classroom, but brother Shen has a unique eye, and he saw it at a glance. he."

"I'm looking forward to it now, what will he say when he returns to the classroom."

"If we are ruthlessly exposed, you must have a bad face."

"Haha."

The two smiled at each other.

Walk towards the lawn not far away.

Dozens of young men and women were already sitting on the lawn, many of them were the sons of officials, but the elders in the family did not have high official positions, so they could only sit on the lawn by the river.

Shen Shun and Wen Zhao walked over.

They are Confucian students and academic historians, so they naturally attracted a lot of attention. When they saw the two coming, everyone on the lawn quickly got up and bowed to them.

Shen Shun and Wen Zhao responded gracefully.

but.

Shen Shun's mind was not on the crowd, his gaze fell on a lady from the moment he approached the lawn, looking at the graceful figure of the lady, with a bit of youthful playfulness and a bit of mature charm , He couldn't help but dry lips.

The lady obviously noticed Shen Shun's fiery gaze, frowned slightly, subconsciously turned sideways, trying to avoid Shen Shun's passionate gaze, but Shen Shun didn't hold back at all, his gaze became more intense, and even looked directly at the name in front of everyone. lady.

see.

Everyone looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

Seeing that the people around him had no objections, Shen Shun became more courageous and said proactively:
"The Book of Songs·Zheng Feng·Qin Wei (zhenwei) has a cloud: "Qin and Wei, look at the clearness. Scholars and women, Yin Qiying. The woman said: "Look at it?" The scholar said: "That's it." And look at it Huh? In addition to it, it’s fun to talk about. Weishi and women, Yiqi will be joking, and give them a spoonful of medicine.'”

Done.

Shen Shun looked at the lady with burning eyes.

asked:

"Dare to ask the lady's surname?"

　The third watch should be around one o'clock, everyone, let's watch it tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)