Jiapingguan Chronicle

By the time everyone had changed their clothes to go out and regrouped at the gate of Zhen Guo Gong's Mansion, it was already dark, and colorful lanterns had been hung on the street, making it look much more lively.

"I didn't expect to see such a scene at the border." Song Jue sighed with emotion on his face, reached out and patted Shen Haolin, "All of you have contributed to such a big change in the border. .”

"Your Majesty's praise, this is what the ministers should do." Shen Haolin saw Song Jue raised his airs, bowed slightly, and said solemnly, "Your Majesty, from now on, you can personally experience the changes here, but... "

"I know!" Song Jue raised his hand, "I promise I won't run around, and I will follow you closely."

"Brother Xiaojue should remember what he said!" Shen Cha chuckled, and winked at Jin Miaomiao and Hongye, making them protect Song Jue from left to right, "What do you want to buy?" , Tell the two of them, but there is one thing, don’t eat indiscriminately.”

"Don't worry, although my mouth is not as big as yours, I won't eat everything."

"Okay!" Shen Cha looked at Shen Haolin, "Then let's set off, and try to reach the gate of the city before midnight, the best place to watch the fireworks."

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's hurry up!"

When Song Jue heard that there was a best place to watch the fireworks, she grabbed Xue Ruitian and Bai Meng and was about to run away, but was grabbed by the two of them.

"What's the hurry?" Xue Ruitian chuckled, "Don't worry, it's already been arranged, and you will definitely see the beautiful fireworks." He patted Song Jue, "Let's take a stroll and feel The local conditions and customs of a change of mind."

"That's right, I finally got to go to the night market, so why are you in such a hurry?" Bai Meng walked slowly with the group, waving at Song Jue and the others, "Come on, there are beautiful lights over here, isn't it?" seen."

The beautiful lamp that Bai Meng mentioned is actually quite common in Jiapingguan City, but Song Jue and Bai Meng have never seen it before going out at night. The Duke's Mansion and Hou's Mansion generally don't hang that kind of lamp. lights.

The appearance of this lamp is not unusual, it is a small cylinder, but the whole body is red, without any other variegated colors, but it is not the kind of wedding lamp that people hang when they hold wedding events, it looks ordinary , but after clicking it, I found that it was booming, especially like the flames of war on the battlefield, and the bonfire lit on the battlefield.

"This is the victory lamp." Seeing that Song Jue and Bai Meng were interested in this lamp, Shen Cha walked over and said to them, "This lamp was made by the common people to celebrate the establishment of Jiaping Pass City. Houses are very scarce, there is nothing that can be used to make festive objects, and the most common people keep in their homes is actually white paper."

"Blank paper?" Seeing Shen Cha nodding, Song Jue's heart tightened, "Is it to prepare for mourning anytime and anywhere?"

"Yes!" Xue Ruitian sighed, "At that time, almost all the young and middle-aged people in this city disappeared. They either ran away, died in battle, or were killed by..." He shook his head, "The most exaggerated Once, more than half of the families in Jiapingguan City were mourning, and standing on the simple and easy-to-fall tower, you can see the whiteness of the city."

"Later, Jiapingguan City was officially completed, with its own garrison team and a solid city wall. The people wanted to celebrate and hang lanterns, but they found that there was nothing at home except funeral things, and the white lanterns were special. It's not festive, nor particularly auspicious."

"Sometimes the wisdom of the common people is always unexpected." Xue Ruitian saw the curious faces of Song Jue and Bai Meng, and smiled, "At that time, the city was in a mess, and there were many corpses of the invading enemies. , Therefore, they used the blood of these uninvited enemies to dye the white lanterns red, turning the white into red, and hung them on the tower."

"That's a good idea!" Song Jue nodded and slapped his hands vigorously, "Use their blood to celebrate the new life at our border."

"That's right!" Shen Haolin nodded, "Later, there was no shortage of supplies in the city in all aspects, and there were more and more styles of lanterns, but whenever we won a battle, whenever this day came, the people would Hang this lantern for us to celebrate."

"That's great!" Song Jue grabbed Bai Meng's arm and shook it, "I'm really touched by this kind of feeling, I really should let those guys in Xijing City who only know how to fight come here to see and feel it, Let them enjoy the fireworks, don't always live in their own world."

"Secondary!" Shen Haolin, Xue Ruitian, and Bai Meng said at the same time, "It's a shame that their eyes are higher than the top!"

"That's right, we'll discuss it when we get back. As long as they make mistakes, we'll throw them to the border and hand them over to you or Liu Shuai for training. After they come here for a while, they won't be so superior." Song Jue grabbed Holding Shen Haolin's arm, "Walking around, looking at this light, I want to see how the people at the border celebrate this day."

"Let's go!" Shen Haolin patted Song Jue, "I'll take you to have a look."

Song Jue followed Shen Haolin nonchalantly, and said as he walked, "The entrance of your mansion is not very lively, it feels very deserted compared to the other side."

"Look at what you said, don't you feel that something is wrong?" Xue Ruitian rolled his eyes, "Have you ever seen someone setting up a stall at the gate of the palace? Can they still live until now? Have you ever seen someone in front of the palace?" Is there a stall at the gate of the Wangfu? Don't scare people to death?"

"That's what I said, but isn't the border gate different? I think so." Song Jue raised an eyebrow at Shen Haolin, "Did you have any regulations before that you can't set up a stall at the entrance of the mansion."

"Of course, brother Xiaojue, our place leads to the big camp. If there are no restrictions, anyone can set up a stall at the door. Isn't that an opportunity for fine work?" Shen Cha raised his eyebrows. , "Our area is considered a key concern and protection area, we must be careful, in case something goes wrong, we have no place to cry."

"That's right, I didn't expect that." Song Jue smiled embarrassedly, "I completely forgot that this is a place that needs protection." He pointed to a place ahead that was bustling with people and more brightly lit, "There where is it?"

"It's the most prosperous neighborhood in Jiapingguan City. There are shops on both sides. There are also some fixed stalls at the entrance of the shops, selling some snacks and snacks. There should be more people today." Shen Haolin chuckled, " Walking through this street, you can see those storytellers and jugglers you like. They will set up their stalls until late tonight, and some even until tomorrow morning. Don’t worry that people will close the stall so early.”