A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 327 Murderous Intent Under the Wind and Moon! (Seek full order)

The Double Ninth Festival, in the later generations where Hua Twelve is located, seems to have become dispensable, and is not valued by young people. Instead, it is some nondescript festivals that have been passed down from the West, such as Christmas, Valentine's Day, and Halloween. , is sought after hot.

In the Ming Dynasty, the status of the Double Ninth Festival was no less than that of the Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival.

The Dragon Boat Festival is to commemorate and worship Qu Yuan, while the Double Ninth Festival is to worship the emperor and ancestors. Therefore, all over China, on the day of Chongyang, there are rituals and customs of worshiping gods and ancestors.

It was the first time for Huashi to experience the proper atmosphere of a traditional festival. Three days in advance, the folks began to decorate the lanterns and festoons. Zhang Hairui came to him to discuss with him about resuming the Chongyang Festival Confucius Temple Fair and the Qinhuai Lantern Festival. .

This is not only the wishes of officials such as Zhang Hairui, but also the wishes of Jinling people, scholars, farmers, businessmen and other strata.

Hua Twelve remembered that when he visited the Jinling Palace two days ago, he heard from Wang Xuetong, the chief eunuch, that the Qinhuai Boat Festival would be reopened, and thought that if there was another Qinhuai Lantern Festival, it would be very lively, so he agreed.

Since the Double Ninth Festival is so valued in Daming, let the common people have a good time, so as to get rid of the bloody atmosphere in the south of the Yangtze River in this short period of time.

Originally, Hua Shier just wanted to watch other people have a lively festival, but he regretted it that day, because Ding Baiying directly pulled him into the festive atmosphere.

In the early morning of Chongyang Festival, Ding Baiying pulled Hua Shier up from the bed at dawn, and insisted on following the local custom to go to Yuhuatai to climb up.

Now that Hua Twelve has successfully practiced Daoist Breathing Technique and Quanzhen School's internal strength, his sleep requirements are not so high. He only needs to sleep for two hours a day to maintain his mental state for a day.

But last night, he first paid the public rations, and then practiced his inner strength for half a night. He just lay down and wanted to sleep for two hours, when he fell asleep, he was dragged out to the Yuhuatai.

Hua Twelfth regretted it a bit. It was early in the morning and the sun hadn't come out yet. Wouldn't it be nice for him to sleep, but his wife insisted on going, and if he couldn't help it, he would go.

Taking his wife Ding Baiying out for a trip, Lu Jianxing, Zheng Zhangban and a dozen factory guards accompanied them. Everyone changed into plain clothes, and the group pretended to be tourists who got up early and went straight to Yuhuatai.

Originally, Hua Shier thought that not many people would get up early to climb the heights, but after seeing it, he knew that he was wrong. Along the way, there were people who were going to climb the heights everywhere, supporting the old and the young.

When Hua Shier came back from Yuhuatai, he thought he could go back to sleep, but Ding Baiying excitedly dragged him to the Confucius Temple to visit the temple fair.

Hua Twelfth felt like he was getting dizzy for a while. What is there to do in temple fairs these days? The big girls and the little daughter-in-law are all dressed in tight clothes. It doesn't look like the later generations. The streets are full of low-cut girls and big white legs.

Ding Baiying took him for a walk excitedly, seeing that everything was fresh, while Hua Shier bought two pieces of festival food Double Ninth Cake at a roadside stall, gave one piece to his wife, and the two of them ate while walking. In the afternoon.

Back at the Inner Defense Mansion, Hua Twelve finally fell asleep for a while, and when he woke up, Ding Baiying was sitting beside him angrily, holding a few bright red posters in his hand.

Hua Twelve sat up, pinched Ding Baiying's round face with his hands, and said with a smile:
"Whose post is it, you look like a wronged little daughter-in-law!"

"I'm just wronged, Nuo, this is a post for you, just say whether you want to go or not!"

This girl used to walk in a cold and arrogant style, but since she was nourished by love, she has recovered the nature that a girl of her age should have. As long as she is with Hua Twelve, she will become more and more like a little woman.

Ding Baiying put the red posters in front of him, Hua Shier took a look curiously, they were all invitations to dinners and activities.

The first one was about the Chongyang Poetry Festival in Zuixianlou, Hua Twelve just left it aside.

What would he do?As far as his doggerel level is concerned, writing poems is fine, copying poems is okay, but he has no intention of copying poems to become famous, so he simply gave up.

The rest of the posts are rather interesting, and Hua Shier finally understands why Ding Baiying looks like a wronged little daughter-in-law.

It was the matter that Wang Xuetong, the chief eunuch, said. Tonight, the painting boats on the Qinhuai River reopened. These are invitations sent by some relatively large painting boats, including many invitations that the oiran combed up today.

What do you mean by asking him?

Of course it was to groom the girl to cheer her up.

"do you want to go?"

Ding Baiying looked at Hua Shishi with big eyes without blinking.

"In no mood!"

Hua Shishi had a strong desire to survive, so he threw the post aside. Ding Baiying suddenly turned from anger to joy, and walked behind him to help hold his shoulders:
"That's right, Fireworks and Willow Alley is not a place for serious people to go. Besides, you have two younger sisters, Miaotong and Miaoxuan, me, isn't that enough?"

Hua Shishizhen felt that Ding Baiying's pressure was moderate, and he felt comfortable there, so he said without thinking, "Is that enough?"

'choke lang'

Behind him came the sound of a long knife being unsheathed.

Hua Twelve seemed to have heard the famous line of "Da Lang should take his medicine", and instantly regained his senses, and said firmly:
"Sure enough!"

"What about these posts?"

Ding Baiying's words were full of temptation and chill.

Hua Twelve said firmly: "Tear them all up!"

"okay!"

The chill is like melting snow in the six suns, dissipating in an instant.

Ding Baiying happily put the long knife back into its sheath, brushed it a few times, and tore up all the posts, and then continued to rub it for her husband, with a happy expression on her face, not to mention how happy she was.

What is a good wife is to stop the husband from making mistakes.

In fact, Ding Baiying knew that in terms of ability, she might not be her husband's match out of ten, and Hua Twelve was subdued. This is pampering her, so she was naturally happy.

Hua Twelve didn't fool Ding Baiying, he really didn't have much interest in it, and many people might not believe it, after all, ten li Qinhuai, six dynasties, which time-traveling man wouldn't yearn for it.

When he heard Wang Xuetong say it for the first time, Hua Twelve also wanted to see it, but what he wanted to see was not the egret girl, but the famous Qinhuai Bayan.

But when he came back and thought about it, in the information he remembered, Ma Xianglan had passed away among the eight beauties, and the other seven were still bean sprouts that hadn't grown yet. Chen Yuanyuan, who was later the most beautiful woman in the world, seemed to be just four or five years old this year. .

What's the point?
The idea of ​​going on a night tour of Qinhuai River simply faded away.

But Hua Twelve thought very well, but someone was plotting against him, so how could he not be there? Ding Baiying just tore up the post, and half an hour later, Wang Xuetong's post came over.

Hua Shier, Zhang Hairui, and many important officials of Jinling City were invited to enjoy lanterns on the Qinhuai River at night, and to have a happy drink, the place was set at the 'Yanbofang'.

The purpose of having a good night's drinking is to have a good night, Hua Twelve didn't expect this old eunuch to play like crazy.

Hua Twelve had no choice but to show the post to Ding Baiying, who snorted coldly:
"Last time I saw that eunuch was not a good person. He must have often gone to that kind of fireworks and willow alley, messing with flowers and grass, sleeping in flowers and sleeping in willows. It's fine if you learn bad things by yourself, and you have to drag my husband in."

Hua Twelve has a black thread, sister, you are a brainless black, that is a eunuch, how can you mess with flowers, sleep in flowers and sleep in willows, does he have that ability?
It was a little eunuch who sent the message, and he was still outside waiting for an answer.

Hua Twelve thought for a while and said, "Let someone answer. Since Mr. Zhang has also gone, let's have fun together!"

"Humph!"

Ding Baiying turned to the side with some displeasure.

Hua Twelve laughed and said, "Take you with me!"

"Really?"

The woman turned into a smiling face in an instant, making Hua Twelve lament, the little girl is so talented that if she doesn't learn how to change her face, it's a waste of talent.

In the evening, when the time for Wang Xuetong's banquet was approaching, Hua Twelve took Ding Baiying and five hundred factory guards straight to Qinhuai for ten miles.

Now there are too many people in Jiangnan who want him to die, and it is really worrying not to bring more people. Hua Twelfth himself can say that Ding Baiying's safety must be guaranteed.

The Qinhuai painting boat, also known as the light boat, hangs lights of various colors, and the boat sails on the river at night. Wherever the boat goes, the houses on both sides of the river are dyed in the color of the lights. From a distance, it looks like a galaxy falling from the sky, and the water and the sky are connected.

Yu Huai, a literati in the Qing Dynasty, once said: "The prosperity of the Qinhuai light boats is unprecedented in the world." This shows the grand occasion at that time.

As night fell, the Dongshuiguan sluice gate opened wide, and the painted lantern boats in the Jinshui River, one after another, slowly entered the Qinhuai River.

At this time, there are huge crowds of people on both sides of the river, lighting lanterns and scrambling to put them into the river. Thousands of lanterns flow down the river, which is extremely magnificent, and the crowd also cheers bursts of cheers.

The "Yanbofang" contracted by Wang Xuetong is moored on the banks of the Qinhuai River. The ship is three stories high and has hundreds of lights of various colors hanging from it. I greeted him.

After Hua Shier and Ding Baiying got off the sedan chair, they stepped onto the sampan hand in hand and boarded the painting boat. Wang Xuetong was already waiting on the boat, said a lot of polite words, and was invited to sit on the third floor.

The third floor is an open-air venue, with crystal lights hanging high on both sides, illuminating the third floor as bright as day, Zhang Hairui and many other officials were waiting here, when they saw Hua Twelve boarding the boat, they all got up to salute.

It turned out that he and Ding Baiying were the last ones waiting for the boat among those invited.

After Hua Twelve boarded the ship, the guards he brought also boarded the ship, but how could there be more than 500 guards on the ship, which made it easier for the people below to argue.

Wang Xuetong clarified the situation, spread his hands together, showing a look of embarrassment: "Master Hou, look what a mess this is!"

Hua Twelve glanced at Wang Xuetong with a half-smile, and simply left Zhang Zhang, Lu Jianxing and Ding Baiying's apprentices on board to wait on the boat, while the other guards were waiting on the shore.

After Lu Jianxing and Mr. Zheng boarded the boat, they first inspected the people on board, and then checked the tableware, wine utensils, and drinks used for the banquet one by one by means of factory guards, and then stood aside with confidence.

No one else said anything about it. After all, everyone knows what Hua Shier is in now, and how many people want his life.

After everyone was seated, the Yanbo boat started slowly and sailed into the river. Wang Xuetong also invited the old bustard on the boat to arrange singing, dancing and various programs.

When the sound of silk and bamboo sounded, Wang Xuetong clapped his hands again and called a group of girls. Every adult had a wine waiter beside him, but Hua Shishi was the only one who didn't have one, which made Ding Baiying a little satisfied.

But the next moment, Wang Xuetong laughed and said:
"Everyone, today is not only the Double Ninth Festival, but also the day when Miss Bailu, the number one oiran in Qinhuai, grooms her. Our family will borrow flowers to present Buddha, and let Miss Bailu dance a song for Lord Hou?"

Although the officials on the ship were the remaining upright officials from the crackdown, they were also scholars. Scholars did not reject romance, but many of them thought it was an elegant thing in the world, and they immediately felt better after hearing the words.

At this time, after listening to Wang Xuetong, they didn't know what it meant to borrow flowers to present Buddha, that is, they wrapped up Miss Bailu's grooming night and gave it to Xipinghou.

Ding Baiying's face was frosty, Hua Shier was under the table and squeezed her hand, so she didn't have an attack.

After a while, a beauty who seemed to be of mixed race was called up, wearing a gauze dress, with bare white and tender feet, dancing to the sound of silk and bamboo, like Chang'e in the moon, so beautiful.

This egret girl deserves to be called the number one beauty in the Qinhuai River, she is gorgeous and charming, not to mention Ding Baiying, even Hua Twelve's three wives in this world, the best-looking Zhou Miaotong is also hard to beat. compare to.

If there is anyone who can compare, it is the one in the palace, the empress Zhang Yan who stands out from the five thousand beauties.

Among the officials, even Zhang Hairui was dazzled and fascinated by Miss Bailu's every frown and smile.

Ding Baiying looked at her man angrily, and saw that Hua Twelve was not like those LSPs, but had a calm expression, so she was relieved, but she found that her man's eyes were full of playfulness and that naughty look. Feel.

When the two of them didn't get together, Hua Shierkeng's expression was exactly the same a few times.

She turned her head to look at Miss Bailu, and immediately understood what was wrong with this woman.

When Miss Bailu finished her dance, Wang Xuetong quickly pointed to the empty seat on the other side of Hua Twelve and said:

"Don't go serve Lord Hou to drink!"

Miss Bailu hurried over after hearing the words, picked up the jug and poured it on Hua Twelve Man, Ding Baiying snorted at this, then turned her head to one side, out of sight and out of mind.

After drinking for three rounds and eating delicious food, everyone chatted about the current situation in Ming Dynasty, from Liaodong to Jiangnan, and they stopped talking, and then they started talking about romantic things, and there were more laughter.

It was nearly midnight, and the lights on the riverside were gradually dissipating, leaving only the boats moored in the middle of the river. Zhang Hairui said:
"My lord, the old man is too strong to drink, so let's come here today."

The guardian eunuch Han Zanzhou will also go back.

To Hua Shier's surprise, Wang Xuetong actually ordered the boatman to bring the boat to the shore and let the adults go back to their homes.

When the boat docked at the previous boarding place, when Hua Shier and Ding Baiying were about to get up, the hand was suddenly held by Miss Bailu, with that stunning beauty, she said shyly:

"Master Hou, stay today"

Hua Twelve looked at each other with a smile: "It's fine to stay, but do I call you Miss Bailu or Miss Xiaoyu?"

Bailu and Wang Xuetong, who had been observing this side, were stunned at the same time, and the latter shouted: "Do it!"

As he spoke, he took out a bamboo tube from his bosom, pulled the fuse, and a firework shot up into the sky and exploded instantly. The next moment, countless screams of killing came from all around.

There was already a soft sword in Bai Lu's hand, and it pierced Hua Twelve's throat with the sound of piercing through the air.

At the same time, dozens of eunuchs and guards, armed with weapons, rushed towards Qianqing Palace in the imperial palace in the northern capital.

　Thank you: 08a, righteousness limited awe-inspiring, old.shu.chong brothers for their rewards, thank you for your support of 200 yuan for a pack of spicy strips, thank you for the brothers who voted monthly and recommended tickets, and thank you for the brothers who read and collected books, thank you.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)