Cultivation of chastity

Chapter 296
Normally speaking, only the "Shangyuan Festival" on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, that is, on the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth days of the year, the "night ban" will be lifted and the people will be allowed to leave their homes and Lifang at night. Take to the streets to watch lanterns and admire the moon, and participate in singing and dancing.

Therefore, Shangyuan Night will form a large-scale "Night Wenhua" and "Night Economy" in Chang'an, and now the festival has been extended to six days, which is even more desirable for many shops.

For a while, the streets were crowded with people at night, and even though I was used to cities with millions or even tens of millions in my previous life, when the population of Chang'an flocked out, there was a feeling of being on holiday during the National Day holiday. Feel.

Probably Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, West Lake and so on during the Golden Week. I don’t know what the scenery is like, but I feel the crowds, and I feel it.

Li Tai followed the flow of people, planning to sit down in a restaurant, even if he watched the flow of people coming and going, it was more or less a good place to spend time.

Just when Li Tai was about to leave, a hand suddenly stretched out from the crowd and grabbed his jade pendant!

"Tsk tsk, as expected, this is the time when pickpockets are rampant!" Li Tai sighed inwardly.

But my skills have not fallen behind, and maybe it is even better than when I was a child.

If some thief met him, and he punched him, he might watch him lying on the ground and call for help.

But it doesn't matter, there are guards around him secretly protecting him, Li Tai pondered in his heart, should he repeat the original story again, and pour dirty water on Li Chengqian, since he is idle anyway, Li Chengqian definitely doesn't mind.

At this time, Li Tai grabbed the man's wrist, which was extraordinarily slender. A little girl with a melon-shaped face screamed in pain, and her eyes full of aura were filled with tears at this moment. She looked like I'm crying for you. look!
"It doesn't look like a thief." Li Tai looked at the little girl carefully and couldn't help but come to a conclusion.

After all, this little girl is in her teens, and she looks like a beauty embryo. If she catches her by herself, she should be sold to the Pingkangfang brothel and trained properly!
Such an embryo of a beauty, to actually let her be a thief, with such a rough and direct technique, really thinks a thief is an idiot!
"Who are you!" Li Tai looked at the little girl and said, "Why did you steal from me!"

"I didn't want to steal anything, I just wanted to look at the jade pendant. Aye said that I should respect the person with the decoration on it." The little girl spoke clearly about her purpose, and it must be said that she looked very smart.

Li Tai looked at the jade pendant hanging around his waist. It bears the family crest of the Li family in Guanlong, which is actually a variant of Li’s Xiaozhuan. The custom of family coat of arms.

Of course, if it becomes a side branch in the future, the words on the family emblem must be added or reduced by one or two strokes, so as to show respect for the direct lineage, which can be regarded as a taboo for the direct lineage of the family.

But the most important thing is that this little girl can actually see at night, which makes Li Tai even more sure that the little girl is not so noble, at least she cannot be from an ordinary family.

Hearing what the little girl said, Li Tai took out the jade pendant and handed it to the little girl, "If you want to take a look, then just take a look!"

To be honest, Li Tai was not afraid that the little girl would run away after taking the things, because the surrounding guards had already formed a siege.

Li Tai looked around with some doubts. The girl looked at her clothes and the white skin on her hands. She didn't look like an ordinary family, but if it was really a big family, there should be a maid looking after her, right?

Otherwise, is it really safe for a little girl to run outside during the Lantern Festival, not afraid of meeting people or gangsters?

Finally, the little girl returned Li Tai's jade pendant to Li Tai, followed standard court etiquette, and said,

"My lord, I got separated from my family, can you take me home?"

"You can tell from this jade pendant that I have a close relationship with the palace, so do you believe me? Very smart!" Li Tai sighed, "However, I'm curious about your identity?"

"My father, Xu Xiaode, is the Chief of the Right Guard of the Crown Prince's Mansion. He occasionally gets rewards, and he has seen the patterns on the jade pendant around the nobleman's waist."

The little girl said, "Today I traveled with my family members, but because there were too many people, I got separated for a while without noticing, so I waited for my family members to find them at the place where there were many people.

But I didn't wait for my family to come, but I saw the nobleman's jade pendant, I offended everyone, I hope the nobleman will forgive me! "

"Then let me call you Miss Xu!" Li Tai said calmly,

"You don't need to ask my name, why don't you accompany me to play this Shangyuan Festival first, and then send you home after the fun?

In addition, I will let my subordinates stay here. If your family members come here and ask for your name, it will also reassure your parents. "

"Uh..." To be honest, it was beyond common sense for this little girl to be able to make such a calm decision when she was in a crisis.

But even so, facing the proposal proposed by Li Tai, she thought a little and agreed.

After all, since Li Tai can be trusted, then she just obeys Li Tai's arrangements.

In contrast, Li Tai felt that since his father belonged to the prince, it might not be of any use for him to sell favors more or less, but similarly, it might be useful in the future.

"Thank you for your help!" Miss Xu still agreed, obediently walking behind Li Tai, looking like she would run away at any time.

Li Tai smiled, and let the guards who were hiding in the dark walk out of the two of them, and after explaining the matter, let them wait here.

To be honest, for the Tang Dynasty, where the land is sparsely populated and the pace of life is slow, such a crowd of people walking on the street is a pleasure that is rarely seen once a year.

Therefore, every Lantern Festival, from princes and nobles to traffickers and pawns, is the most equal time for them except for death, because the streets can "regardless of high and low, men and women are mixed, regardless of black and white", it can be said that a few people let everyone Everyone can put aside their dissatisfaction and troubles and enjoy the freedom of festival carnival.

And Li Tai and the little girl had only walked a short distance on this street, and saw children throwing bamboo into the burning fire at the gate of some squares, and as it burned, "crackling" appeared. the sound of.

"It seems that we can try to study fireworks. After all, a festival without fireworks will lose a bit of atmosphere!"

Li Tai rubbed his chin, looking at the Lantern Festival today, he sighed a little.

There is no way, to be honest, there are actually not many opportunities for people like Li Tai to stroll around the Lantern Festival.

When I was young, I basically had no chance to become independent, and when I opened a house, I almost spent my time working.

Now, if we calculate carefully, this year has been the tenth year of Zhenguan. In fact, the most political and harmonious years of Zhenguan's rule may be now.

If it continues to develop, it may not be that Li Shimin has become confused, at most he is just a little lazy.

Now the people really feel the end of the troubled times and enjoy peace, even the most threatening Tuyuhun has been solved by the Tang Dynasty, which makes the people very satisfied with their current life, so it is natural to see that the festival atmosphere is very lively .

Li Tai took the little girl all the way, but before he knew it, he came to Fu'anmen. Suddenly, Miss Xu tugged at her sleeve and said pitifully, "My lord, can you sit down for a while, we're leaving." It's been a long, long way!"

"Okay, okay!" Li Tai saw a peacock-invested shop with a peacock logo on it, so he stopped by.

There is a huge lantern at the entrance of this shop, at least it is two or three stories high. On this lantern wheel, there are colorful silk brocades hanging, gold and silver are used as lighting decorations, and lanterns are hung one by one, which looks quite beautiful. magnificent.

"It's so beautiful!" Miss Xu looked at the lantern and couldn't help sighing.

"That's it, let's go and have a look!" Li Tai casually decided where to go, and Miss Xu nodded repeatedly.

Li Tai and Mrs. Xu approached, but saw the waiter from the shop come up to meet him, and said to Li Tai, "Your Majesty, you want to fetch a lantern for the little lady?"

"Take?" Li Tai chewed on the word, smiled calmly, and said, "How do you get it?"

"If you are rich, you can buy a lantern for a penny, there is nothing wrong with this store. If you are talented, you only need to write a line of poetry to catch the eyes of my shopkeeper, and you can get this lantern.

If Mr. Lang can be rated as the number one in poetry, he will come to my hotel for meals and lodging for free in the future. "Xiaoer replied.

Li Tai turned his head to look at Miss Xu and asked, "Do you have any lanterns you like?"

Miss Xu had a bit of hesitation on her face, and finally she raised her hand with a blushing face, pointed to a blue bird-shaped lantern, and said timidly, "I want that!"

"Okay!" Li Tai said with a smile, "Xiao Er, prepare your pen and ink!"

"Okay!" At this moment, Xiaoer immediately stretched out his hand, and said to Li Tai, "Your Majesty, please come this way!"

Soon, Li Tai was led to one side by the shop waiter. The Four Treasures of the Study have been prepared here, and Li Tai was about to grind it, but at this time Miss Xu had already snatched the inkstone and said, "My lord, I'll grind it!"

Li Tai smiled, but he didn't refuse, so he let Miss Xu grind it down. I have to say that her methods are still very standard, and it's obvious that she might not be able to do without her homework.

But Li Tai dipped his ink and wrote: "Silver flowers reflect fire trees, and there is nowhere to go alone. Go up to the tall building with your head up, and look at the end of the world."

Although Li Tai's handwriting is dull, after so many years of handwriting practice, at least it can be regarded as quite neat.

At least when a layman is watching the excitement, he can't help but praise Li Tai's handwriting stroke by stroke when he sees the handwriting, "Good handwriting, good handwriting!"

However, every time Li Tai finished writing a sentence, someone beside him would recite it loudly, and he continued to read the whole poem, especially when he read the last sentence, everyone could feel a surge of high-spirited and vigorous emotions .

"Good poem, good poem!" People around can more or less find some empathy in this poem.

And Li Tai's poem is naturally taken from Yan Shu's Butterfly Love Flower.

But I can't recite the whole poem, even if I can recite it, it is not suitable to write in the Tang Dynasty, so I took the essence of the most famous sentence and decorated it.

Of course there is a sense of division to some extent, but at least Li Tai can say uprightly that this poem was written by himself, at most he just copied the most important sentence. What a reference!

And many Tang poems are like this. In the end, a whole poem is just a sentence remembered.

Of course, Yan Shu will continue to write his Die Lian Hua in the future, although it will have some influence, but the noun will not disappear!

At this moment, seeing Li Tai write the poem, Miss Xu's eyes lit up, and her breathing became a little short.

"Xiao Er, whether this poem is acceptable or not, the shopkeeper's eyes!" Li Tai said calmly, "Bring that blue bird lantern!"

To be honest, without Yan Shu’s finishing touch, this poem would be almost worthless, but with that finishing touch, then this poem might still be eligible to be included in the [-] Tang Poems.

Therefore, Li Tai does not believe that such poems are not considered top-grade poems.

Sure enough, the waiter in the store quickly brought the lantern, and said to Li Tai, "I will give this lantern to this young lady!"

At this time, Miss Xu was holding on to the poem, and said with a little pleading, "My lord, I don't want the lantern anymore, can you give me the poem!"

"You will come!" Li Tai smiled when he heard Mrs. Xu's words, "You were the one who asked for the lantern just now, and you were the one who didn't want the lantern. How can a gentleman be dishonest!"

"Although lanterns are something I like, but this word and poem are even more rare in the world, how can I change them!" Miss Xu said.

Li Tai originally thought that Mrs. Xu would say that she was a woman, so she was not a gentleman.

But now it seems that Mrs. Xu's tutor is pretty good, Li Tai patted Mrs. Xu on the head and said,

"You choose this poem based on your taste, but since I promised to give you the blue bird lantern, I will naturally give it to you.

Shopkeeper, I agree to buy this lantern! "

"What is Lang Jun talking about? Since the young lady wants Lang Jun's handwriting, how can we take it away from others?"

At this time, the shopkeeper came out and said, "Just allow us to send someone to copy a copy, just to participate in the competition!"

"Huh?" Hearing what the shopkeeper said, Li Tai smiled and said, "Then I took advantage of it, but this poem has not been nominated yet, let me nominate it!"

As Li Tai spoke, he wrote on it that he met Mrs. Xu on the Shangyuan Festival by chance. After writing it, he stamped his private seal. After the ink pad dried a little, he put away the poem and handed it to Mrs. Xu. ,road,

"You are the first person who sincerely praised me for my good handwriting. This gift is considered as a return gift, so please accept it!"

Miss Xu quickly stretched out her hand, holding the scroll in one hand and the lantern in the other, looking very cautious.

This feeling is as if I have got a baby, and I am very happy.

(End of this chapter)