Man Tanghong

Chapter 848 Pure Disgusting Person
Li Gang thought for a while, nodded and said: "This method is feasible..."

Seeing that Li Gang did not object and had already agreed to be the head of the Tanshan Cultural Center, Li Yuanji did not say anything else, and entered Li's mansion with Li Gang with a smile, and chatted with Li Gang about the daily life.

Indicted the master-servant friendship.

During this period, neither of them talked about begging for bones.

We are all smart people, and we all know what the other party wants, so we can just take care of many things on the surface, and there is no need to point them out.

After having a meal with Li Gang and Li Gang's children and grandchildren, Li Yuanji left Li's mansion and returned to the palace.

Yang Miaoyan, Wang Ruan and others were not there, and Li Xu, Li Ling, and Li Chengye were also taken away by Yang Miaoyan, saying that they went to Quchi to have fun with the people and spend the Shangyuan Festival with the people.

At this time, there is no medicine hair puppet, which is the earliest fireworks, so the Shangyuan Festival is actually nothing to watch.

What can be seen are various lights and various masks.

Nobility from various families, officials at all levels, and merchants from all over the world will contribute a large number of lanterns for people to watch on this day, and compete for a while, and finally win a lantern leader and earn a little fame.

Therefore, there are no substantive rewards. There is no shortage of practical rewards from various dignitaries, officials at all levels, and merchants from all over the place. Everyone is more concerned with fame and face.

And in this process of fighting for fame and reputation, it is basically merchants who give way to officials, and officials who give way to nobles.

Therefore, it seems to be a competition, but in fact it is still necessary to use social status to speak.

Merchants cannot overwhelm officials, and officials cannot overwhelm the powerful.

Whoever crosses this red line will be retaliated wildly by the upper class.

Therefore, even if the rich and powerful make lanterns as ugly as shit, officials at all levels and merchants from all over the world will only make them uglier than them, and will never make them better.

So the result of this competition was doomed from the very beginning.

Li Yuanji has no interest in this kind of competition without the slightest suspense, nor is he interested in all kinds of lanterns that claim to be pleasing to the eye.

In this era of low productivity, limited thinking, and few available resources, even if all classes try their best, the lanterns they make are just that.

It is estimated that even the festive lanterns hung in some small cities in later generations can't compare, let alone compare with big cities.

It is said that when Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty held the Water and Land Ceremony in Luoyang, the skilled craftsmen from all over the country made only nine layers of lotus lanterns.

Even this is boasted as the number one lamp in the world, and no one can surpass it within a hundred years.

That is to say, Li Yuanji didn't understand Baigong, otherwise, he would surpass it every minute and show it to everyone in Datang.

Therefore, Li Yuanji is more interested in various masks than various lanterns.

In later generations, masks have become the exclusive playthings of children. Adults hardly play with them, let alone wandering in the streets with masks. They are easy to be regarded as fools.

Therefore, the appearance rate of masks in later generations is extremely low, and the prosperity of the entire industry is almost non-existent.

But it is different in Datang. Masks are not only toys that children love to play with, but also adults. Those who sell masks, and those who walk around wearing masks.

Therefore, the appearance rate of masks in Datang is extremely high, and the entire industry is also very developed.

In addition to all kinds of animal masks, there are also various flower masks, as well as various masks handed down from ancient times, and there are also masks of gods believed in different places.

It's just that the ancients always maintained a sense of reverence for the gods, so even if there is a fairy mask, not everyone can wear it, let alone on any occasion.

At present, except for the masks of some wild gods, the masks of most decent gods can only be seen during water and land rituals, exorcism and blessings, and sacrifices.

At other times, let alone seeing it, you may not dare to take it out easily.

After all, the national policy at this time pays attention to offering sacrifices to the soldiers, and blasphemy is a serious crime.

Even if the imperial court doesn't care about it, and the believers of the gods don't care about it, the clan fellows everywhere will investigate it to the end.

So when Li Yuanji saw Li Xu appearing arrogantly in front of him with a mask with four eyes and golden eyes, he was surprised.

Masks with four eyes are not common in later generations, and they are not well-known.

But in Datang, it is famous.

It has a long history and a long history. It can be traced back to the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in one breath.

It is one of the famous Fang Xiangshi.

The Nuo Opera Festival is one of the gods that mainly exorcise evil spirits.

If Li Xu was wrapped in bear skin, black clothes and red clothes, spear and shield, he would be no different from Fang Xiangshi.

There are rumors that Fang Xiangshi is a great god under the seat of the Yellow Emperor. When the Yellow Emperor was touring the world, his wife died on the road.

The purpose is to let Fang Xiangshi guard his wife's body and not be hurt by all kinds of ghosts and snakes.

That's why Fang Xiangshi has four eyes, to distinguish the four directions, to cover the bear's skin, to frighten all kinds of birds and beasts, and to hold spears and shields, to fight with all kinds of bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods.

That's why people say that Fang Xiangshi has the ability to exorcise evil spirits.

Since the Zhou Dynasty, it has become one of the gods of the past dynasties.

It was not until the Song Dynasty that various Taoist gods appeared that they withdrew from the stage of history.

Li Xu wandered around wearing its mask, with the intention of blasphemy.

"Who gave it to you?"

After grabbing Li Xu and taking off Fang Xiangshi's mask while Li Xu was struggling and howling, Li Yuanji stared at Li Xu with a sullen face and asked.

As Li Xu, the people serving her would never dare to encourage her to do such blasphemous things, let alone condone her to do such blasphemous things, so this mask must have been given to Li Xu by someone else , and this person's background is not small.

Otherwise, it is impossible for the people around Li Xu not to stop him.

Li Xu was very unhappy about being deprived of the mask he had just fallen in love with, and pouted angrily, looking at Li Yuanji angrily, without saying a word.

Li Yuanji was too lazy to comfort Li Xu, and directly asked the female officer who followed Li Xu, "Who gave it to her?"

The female officer hurriedly lowered her head, and said in awe and fear: "It was Yang Niangniang who gave it to the county magistrate..."

Li Yuanji frowned slightly and said, "Miss Yang, which Mistress Yang?"

There are many people in the Tang Dynasty who can be called Lady Yang. There is one in Chengqing Palace and one in Chang'an City. Those who were born in the Yang family in Guanlong and who Yang Miaoyan called aunts can also be called Lady Yang.

Therefore, it is necessary to figure out who the other party is in order to determine what purpose the other party has.

The female officer whispered: "It's that Lady Yang in Chang'an City..."

Li Yuanji frowned even tighter, took a deep breath and said, "Yang Yicheng?!"

The female officer lowered her head even lower, but did not reply.

But what she meant was already obvious, it was Yang Yicheng.

Yang Yicheng did not have any calculations in this move, because with her current status and the power she could use, there was nothing to calculate.

Yang Yicheng did this purely for disgusting people, and by the way, to cause trouble for others.

This was precisely the reason why Li Yuanji frowned even tighter.

If Yang Yicheng had any calculations and plans, then he could logically use this as an excuse to get rid of Yang Yicheng.

But Yang Yicheng didn't have any calculations, and he didn't have any plans, it was purely for disgusting people.

She is both Li Yuan's cousin and Li Tang's imperial relative. If people yelled at her just because she was disgusted, it would be a bit of a fuss. At that time, not only Guanlong Yang, Yang Miaoyan, and Li Shimin Palace The Yang family here will have objections, and Li Yuan will complain.

All the officials who have been favored by the Yang family and are now officials in Li Tang will have some criticisms.

So she was disgusted, but Li Yuanji couldn't take revenge, that's why Li Yuanji frowned.

Li Yuanji was not a stingy person, he could tolerate a woman alive.

But the premise is that the woman must be harmless.

If she is harmful, Li Yuanji will get rid of her regardless of whether she is a man or a woman.

"Liu Jun?"

"The minister is here."

Under Li Yuanji's call, Liu Jun quickly stepped forward.

Li Yuanji ordered: "I heard that the Fuqing Temple in Luoyang seems to be rebuilt. You send someone to invite the mages from the Fuqing Temple to Chang'an. Let them live in my cousin's house for now."

Liu Jun understood, nodded with a smile and said, "Here!"

Although he was disgusted by Yang Yicheng and had no way to retaliate, but since Yang Yicheng liked to make trouble for others so much, Li Yuanji didn't mind making trouble for Yang Yicheng.

Fuqing Temple is the place where Yuwen Shiji's ex-wife, Yang Yicheng's niece, Yang Guang's daughter, and former Princess Nanyang of the Sui Dynasty became a monk.

This woman Yang Nanyang is not vulgar, she has the air of a man, but also has the stamina of a man.

After Yu Wenhuaji killed Yang Guang back then, she resolutely broke up with Yuwen Shiji, and once helped Dou Jiande deal with Yu Wenhuaji, so she is not a weak woman.

It would be strange if these two women who are not weak women get together and don't make something happen.

As long as they make something happen, they can justifiably raise the butcher's knife against them.

After that, it depends on who of them can suppress the other, and who can make the other party listen to her.

Although Yang Yicheng was good, she was born as a daughter of a clan after all, not like Yang Nanyang.

So in terms of identity, she couldn't suppress Yang Nanyang.

And she happened to be older than Yang Nanyang, more thoughtful, deeper, and more calculating than Yang Nanyang, so if she wanted to succeed, she had to suppress Yang Nanyang and let Yang Nanyang listen to her.

But Yang Nanyang is also a woman with a strong temper and strong opinions.

So if Yang Yicheng wanted to suppress her, he had to subdue her.

This process was not so easy for Yang Yicheng.

(End of this chapter)