The Red Chamber: The Rise of the Shuzi

Chapter 22 The Lantern Festival Gathers Crowds to Rebel (Please collect recommended tickets)
In the sixth year of Hongde, the fourteenth day of the first lunar month.

In the early morning, the sky was slightly bright, and the soldiers guarding the southern gate of Daming Mansion stamped their feet and pushed the icy gate open.

Groups of people who were going to the city early in the morning to make a living filed in.

"Did you come so early this morning?" A soldier asked strangely.

Another soldier next to him was also curious: "Yes, seven or eight hundred people have to go in this morning, right? Could it be because it is near the Lantern Festival?"

The other soldiers next to me suddenly realized that the festival is almost here!

But immediately, the expressions of these soldiers changed drastically.

"Brothers kill! Kill the dog officer!"

With a loud shout, Liu Liu and his group, who pretended to be sending firewood into the city for sale, pulled out the long knives and spears hidden in the firewood after entering the city, and cooperated with the companions who had already entered the city and those who had not yet entered the city, to draw firewood into the city. The guarding soldiers around the city were quickly slaughtered, and before the government soldiers could react, they had already seized the city gate.

Decades of stable life have made these soldiers of the Daming Mansion completely lose the vigilance they should have as soldiers, and also lost the basic blood as soldiers.

Facing the fierce-looking "mudlegs" on the opposite side, the soldiers guarding the city gate did not attack immediately, which gave the opposite side a chance to breathe, and also covered themselves with the last coffin board.

Taking the opportunity, Liu Liu and his entourage quickly set fire to several houses near the city gate, and thick smoke rose into the sky in an instant.

The rebel army who had already quietly arrived nearby in the dark got the signal, immediately drew their swords and mounted their horses, and rushed towards the direction of the city gate.

Noticing the sound of horseshoes, the Colonel of Fu Bing remembered to step forward to seize the city gate, but it was too late.

Liu Liu led his men to block the attack of the government soldiers desperately, but after a while, the rebel army's hooves rushed to the gate of the city.

Facing the charge of the cavalry, the captain of the Daming Mansion made another move that Liu Liu and his party never expected, that is, seeing the enemy cavalry rushing in front of them, he actually brought his cronies , ran away secretly.

Yes, run away!
Seeing the faces that should have been honest and submissive, but at the moment they killed the soldiers under his command with ferocious eyes, this pampered captain was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart.

Seeing their own generals fleeing, the only trace of fighting spirit among the soldiers on the scene disappeared, and they all knelt down and begged for surrender amid the siege of the rebel army.

The south city gate was breached in a short period of time, and the other three city gates were not much better. Under the attack from the inside out of the rebel army, Taiping's government soldiers for decades were vulnerable.

But in just three or two hours, the Daming Mansion fell!

On this day that was supposed to be a celebration, the Daming Mansion was in chaos, the sky was full of killing sounds, fireworks were everywhere, and boundless blood splashed, dyeing the thick snow on the ground into patches of bright red.

At this time, Mei Wenxian, the magistrate of the Daming Mansion, turned pale, "It's over, it's over!"

My family is doomed!
There was a rebellion under the rule, and the Daming Fucheng was captured by the rebels. Thinking of this, Mei Wenxian's face was full of ashes.

He wanted to draw his sword to kill himself, but Mei Wenxian couldn't do anything with the icy long sword hanging on his neck. In the end, he could only throw down the long sword resentfully. Down, hastily broke out...

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Shenjing City.

On this day, Mother Jia set up a family banquet in Rongguo Mansion, and called a group of people from Ningrong and Rongguo Mansions together to watch lanterns and eat wine.

The Rongqing hall has long been hung with lanterns of various colors, and a group of actors has been invited to prepare.

However, in Ningrong and Rongfu, apart from Jia Jing of Ningguo Mansion who wants to devote himself to cultivating Taoism, he has returned to Xuanzhen Temple after offering sacrifices to his ancestors, and will not attend the family banquet at night; After receiving the Lantern Festival reward from Jiamu, I went back to my yard, chatting, laughing, admiring the lanterns, listening to music and eating wine with a group of diners, which was different from Jiamu's Rongqing hall.

I was still thinking about the fun I had at the Town God's Temple Fair last time, and seeing the Lantern Festival, Xichun's thoughts came alive again.

Early in the morning, Jia Jing was pulled over by Xichun, and then called all the girls in the backyard, Baoyu Jiahuan and others to go out of the house to play at the Lantern Festival together.

Mother Jia thought that the festival was rare, so she didn't object. She just asked Lai Erduo to arrange a few servants to follow her.

In this way, coupled with the fact that some of the girls and Baoyu brought maids with them this time, the team going out to play suddenly grew to more than twenty people.

The ever-growing crowd went straight to the Lantern Festival.

It's just that the lantern festivals are only opened at night, and at this time early in the morning, they are all just being prepared.

There is only a street market where things are bought and sold. Many vendors set up their own shops and stalls early in the morning, and even vendors selling candied haws and sugar figurines are hawking along the street.

It's rare to go out of the house, and it's good to have some fun, and the girls and maids are not picky, so it's very happy to have some shopping.As long as Baoyu can play with his sisters and sisters, he has no objections.As for Jia Huan, she was following Jia Jing with a look of admiration.

Together with several maidservants, the five girls happily went to pick and choose.

Jia Jing looked around and saw that most of the girls and maids were gathered in front of vendors selling cloth ready-made clothes, rouge, gouache, and silk flower jewelry. She couldn't help but sigh, this is the nature of women!

Pulling Yingchun who was equally enthusiastic, Jia Jing smiled and said, "Isn't the cloth clothes at home much better than those sold by the peddler? Why are you still so interested?"

Yingchun's voice was gentle, and being held back by Jia Jing, she didn't feel annoyed that she couldn't go shopping at the stall. Instead, she explained to Jia Xian: "The ones at home belong to the family. Isn't it just to see something new when you come out today? Besides, I see There are a few fresh patterns on the clothes, but I haven't seen them before, so I bought them back to make a copy."

"It's my brother's fault for delaying my sister's time," Jia Jing smiled, and stuffed a palm-sized purse into Yingchun's hands, "Sister, hurry up, don't wait for all the good things to be bought!"

Seeing that Yingchun didn't want to accept her money bag, Jia Jing continued: "My sister's monthly profit is not much, it's just enough. Didn't you ask your sister to get it out of politeness? Why did my sister have an affair with my brother today?"

Seeing this, Yingchun had no choice but to put away the purse in her hand.

Just as everyone was wandering around, they suddenly heard the sound of hurried hooves.

Who dares to run wildly in Shenjing?

Soon, Jia Jing knew the reason.

At the end of the market, a travel-worn messenger galloped forward on a steed.

The courier wore red feathers on his head, three bright yellow flags on his back, and wrote five big blood-red characters "Eight Hundred Miles Urgent". He held a golden token in his hand, and let the steed under his crotch be so tired that he was foaming at the mouth. The messenger was still lashing and whipping.

A galloping horse suddenly broke into the market, causing panic and noise.Facing the noisy market, the courier did not slow down, but whipped twice, and held up the token in his hand.

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up! The emperor will give you a gold medal, those who resist will die, and those who oppose it will perish!"

"Eight hundred miles, hurry up! The emperor will give you a gold medal, those who resist will die, and those who oppose it will perish!"

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