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Chapter 471 Goddess of Heaven Blessing [Thank you! Thank you again! I owe you 38k more]

Chinese Valentine's Day is coming,

Because they want to build the Qiqiao Tower,
The work of the craftsmen in the entire Bianjing suddenly became busy.

There were more and more horse-drawn carriages and ox-drawn carts pulling colorful arch accessories on the streets.

The end of Mao time (after 7 am)

The weather is still cool.

Southwest of the inner city,

Near Yiqiu Gate,
There is a lot of traffic in and out of the inner city.

There were captains of the imperial guards guarding the city and their men were maintaining order.

At this time,

"Make way! Get out of the way!"

There were knights of the royal guard riding over and waving and shouting,

see this scene,

The guards of the city helped to shout and clear the road.

The coachmen on the street hurriedly led the oxen and horses pulling the carts and moved to the side of the street together with the passers-by.

Soon, a narrow passage was opened on the busy street.

After a while,
Knights in bright clothes and riding fine horses formed two teams, galloped through the street and entered the doorway on their fine horses, attracting the attention of the common people and wealthy people who were giving way on both sides.

"Wow! When did such a group of extravagant knights come to the capital?"

In a carriage on the side of the road, a wealthy man dressed respectably lifted the curtain and asked the imperial guards guarding the city in confusion.

The imperial guards followed the polo horse with the polo clubs hanging on it and said, "This is from the Northern Liao envoys who came to Bian Jing a few days ago! Look, isn't the Northern Liao Posthouse right over there?"

As the imperial guard spoke, he pointed to the northeast direction of Yi Qiu Gate.

"So what are they doing out of town at this time?"

"Didn't you see the polo pole next to the saddle? What else can you do? Go play polo on the polo field owned by Madam Wu."

Upon hearing this, the wealthy man in Bianjing sighed, "Wouldn't that be a fight between our Great Zhou and Northern Liao? It would be interesting to watch! It's a pity that ordinary people like us can't enter the polo field!"

The imperial guard laughed and said, "You can go into the Wu Tower next to the polo field! You can overlook the polo field from the Wu Tower!"

"Yup!"

The rich man slapped his thigh and ordered the coachman to turn around and drive out of the city.

From Yi Qiu Gate, walk straight west along the street to get out of the city and reach the polo field.

quickly,

The rich man's carriage arrived outside Wulou.

Seeing that there were not many carriages parked in front of Wulou, the rich man in Bianjing showed some joy on his face.

Then the rich man got out of the car and went into the building.

Looking at the tea and wine doctor Wulou who came to greet him, the rich man smiled and said, "Book a private room on the second floor."

"Sir, I'm sorry! From today on, we can no longer book the private rooms on the second floor of Wulou. You can only pay to go upstairs."

"what?"

"The boss just sent someone to deliver the order."

“How much money?”

"Ten strings of cash for each person who accepts this favor! Tea and dried fruits are provided in the building!"

The rich man was stunned: "Ten strings of cash? With ten strings of cash, I can sleep with the courtesan for a night! Really!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw a silver-white object flying into Dr. Tea and Wine's arms.

Someone behind him said loudly, "It's for two people."

"Hey! Please go upstairs."

Dr. Tea and Wine greeted him cordially.

The two who paid walked upstairs and said, "I've watched too much polo in Bianjing. I wonder how the polo of the nobles of Northern Liao is!"

Listening to the conversation, the rich man thought for a moment, then hesitantly and with some pain in his heart, he took out the silver from his sleeve.

I followed the tea and wine doctor who greeted me and went up to the second floor.
At first glance, the door of the private room facing the polo field was wide open, and there were long benches placed by the window. Next to the benches was a table with tea and dried fruits.

You can faintly hear the sound of horse hooves and noise on the polo field not far away.

On the staircase connecting the second and third floors of Wu Building,
Liang Han, Qiao Jiulang and other good friends were walking down the stairs.

Come to the second floor,

Looking at the private room with more and more visitors,

Qiao Jiulang gave him a thumbs up in admiration: "Liu Lang, I have to say you have a good brain."

Liang Han waved his hand: "Go, go, go!"

"Sixth Young Master!"

Manager Wu bowed beside the stairs.

Liang Han nodded: "You can go up to the third floor now. The price is fifty strings of cash. Pay the flower letter on the first floor and you can go upstairs with the flower letter!"

"First, take five pieces of flowery paper and give them to the brothers behind me."

"Yes! Sixth Young Master."

The steward bowed.

Liang Han hummed, then nodded to the wealthy man who bowed to him in the private room next to him, then walked downstairs with his men.

Arriving outside Wulou,
Liang Han put his hands behind his back and even said proudly: "Let's go to the stadium to see how good the Beilu Quanrong are at playing!"

"Ok?"

Liang Han took a step forward and looked back at Qiao Jiulang who was pulling his clothes from behind.

"Jiulang, what's wrong?"

Qiao Jiulang pointed to the trees around Wulou and the polo field and said, "Liulang, if the news of the Northern Tartars playing polo with us becomes popular, will there be people standing on these trees to watch the game?"

"hiss!"

Liang Han's eyes lit up when he looked at the circle of trees. He turned around and walked towards the building, shouting as he walked, "Someone, someone, someone!"

End of the You hour

(7pm)
Xu Zaijing and Qingyun rode on horses, followed by the Xu family's carriage as they headed towards Quyuan Street.

From time to time, people on the roadside bowed and saluted.

Xu Zaijing and Qingyunduo just nodded in greeting.

Here, another middle-aged man, with a few people behind him, bowed to Xu Zaijing and said, "Greetings, Wulang!"

This time, Xu Zaijing pulled the reins lightly, stopped the horse, looked at the middle-aged man on the side of the road and said, "Manager Jiang, what is this?"

"Replying to Wulang, the Liang family needs a few men who are nimble and good at math. Nanny Chang sent someone to ask us to help."

Xu Zaijing asked in confusion: "What's going on with the Liang family? Why are they short of manpower?"

"This, I don't know."

Xu Zaijing bowed and said, "Then Manager Jiang, please get busy first."

"Goro, take care."

Xu Zaijing nodded, tapped the horse's belly lightly, and walked away.

This Manager Jiang, Jiang Shangfeng, is none other than the uncle of Wei Yuyi's wife Minglan. He is now the manager of the Bai family Salt House, but he is not in the same salt house as Wei Yuyi.

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

Xu Zaijing walked through the moon gate into the courtyard.
Looking at the newly built tall Qiqiao Tower in the yard, decorated with red and colorful decorations and dedicated to Kuixing, he smiled.

"The Fifth Young Master is back."

Following the maid's message,
Xu Zaijing walked into the house, washed his face and hands before sitting down, and told Sun and his two sisters-in-law about what he had seen and heard on the road.

Hearing what Xu Zaijing said, Sun laughed and said, "They also came to our house to borrow people. The kid Chu Zhan at the gate and a few old friends have all gone."

Xu Zaijing handed the towel to Hua Xiang, sat on the chair, nodded, then picked up the melon and took a bite.

"They said they wanted them to keep an eye on the trees around the polo field that people could climb on."

"Mother, what's so good about the trees around the polo field? Are you afraid that someone will shoot arrows at the Northern Liao envoys?"

Sun smiled and shook her head: "I heard from Mother Jin that it's not because of this. It seems to be to collect the ticket money for watching the polo."

"Ah? You charge people for climbing up the tree to watch the game?"

Seeing Xu Zaijing's surprised expression, the three Sun family members all smiled and nodded.

Xu Zaijing raised his eyebrows: "Liu Lang is really..."

We had dinner in Sun's courtyard.
Xu Zaijing walked towards his yard.

Just walked in,
I saw three lanterns lit under the grape trellis in the yard.

"What is this for?"

Hearing Seo Jae-kyung's voice,

Qingcao, who was holding the lantern, stood up, bowed, and said with a smile, "Sir, we are catching spiders."

"Oh? Are we going to put them in the box again to pray for wisdom?"

Xu Zaijing asked with a smile.

"Ok!"

Qingcao and Yunxiang smiled and nodded, and Mother Xia, who was following them, also said yes.

"Please buy more mosquito repellent incense."

As he spoke, Xu Zaijing walked towards the main house.

Before entering the door,

Xu Zaijing stopped and took the bookcase from Yun Xiang's hand, motioning Yun Xiang to catch spiders as well, and said, "If you really can't catch any, go find Uncle Deng, he has a lot of spiders." "Yes, sir!"

at night,

on the roof,
The lying raccoon yawned.

After the tail moved,

Putting its furry head on its forelimbs,
Looking at the yard under the eaves,

(The processed N-speed description is)
in the yard,
The bright yellow lights of the lanterns whirled around in it quickly.
From time to time, there were girls' laughter and voices.

After a while, all the bright spots returned to their houses.
The yard darkened,

Unknown insects chirped quickly from time to time in the yard, making the yard seem even quieter.

The moon is bright and the stars are sparse in the sky.

The stars are changing rapidly.
The cat on the eaves has disappeared.

The sky was faintly turning pale.

A figure holding a lantern appeared in the yard again.

They were Xu Zaijing who went to exercise and Yunxiang who was yawning.

(Switch to normal speed)

The master and his servant walked through the grape arbor.
Just out of the yard,
"Meow~"

The cat slave didn't know what he saw. After screaming, he ran away from the gate of the yard in panic.

July 7,

Tanabata night,
Rong family,

The exquisite altar in front of the Qiqiao Building was decorated with incense burners, mohele, fruits, roasted meat, writing brushes, inkstones, and other tributes.

Next to the tribute was a piece of brocade handkerchief embroidered with flowers that looked like peony flowers.
Next to the handkerchief were several small wooden boxes sealed with paper.

The night wind blows,

The red dots on the incense sticks lit up.
Smoke curls up,

The smell of incense in the yard is even stronger.

The Marquis of Fuchang and the eldest lady of the Rong family are praying for blessings.

Rong Xian stood not far from the altar with an awkward look on his face. He looked at Rong Feiyan and whispered, "Sister, I'm not taking the imperial examination, so why are you offering Kuixing and the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone?"

Rong Feiyan looked at the Qiqiao Tower and whispered back, "Other families worship it this way!"

Rong Xian raised his eyebrows as he looked at the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone, glanced at Rong Feiyan who was much taller than him, and said nothing more.

"Xian'er, Yan'er, come here!"

Madam Rong stood up from the cushion in front of the altar and waved.

Rong Xian walked to the futon and said, "Mother, do you want me to recite a poem?"

Madam Rong looked at Rong Xian in confusion: "My son, you can't even recognize two baskets of characters! Reciting poetry? Are you teasing me, your mother?"

Marquis Fuchang frowned and looked at Madam Rong and said, "Why do you say that about Xian'er? He knows more than just a few words!"

Rong Xian: “I”

Madam Rong waved her hand and said, "I hope you marry a skilled lady!"

Rong Xian was helpless, he knelt on the mat and prayed in a low voice.

Rong Feiyan was close to her brother and could vaguely hear Rong Xian praying, "Please Goddess of Heaven bless us and let the Dou family marry a few beautiful maids so that my parents can be healthy and my sister can improve her embroidery skills."

Rong Xian's voice rose a lot in the last two sentences.

Listen to this,

The Fuchang Marquis and his wife looked pleased.
Rong Feiyan clenched her fists in her sleeves.

Seeing Rong Xian kowtow, Rong Feiyan hurried forward and helped Rong Xian up.

It’s hot in July and clothes are not thick.

Rongxian felt his sister twisting and pinching his fingers on his arm, and tried hard to control his expression.

Subsequently,

Rong Feiyan let go of Rong Xian and knelt on the futon.

He clasped his hands together, closed his eyes and prayed sincerely.

Rong Xian moved closer to Rong Feiyan in a funny way, wanting to hear what his sister was praying for, but unfortunately he heard nothing.

after awhile,

"girl."

She walked over carefully, holding the needle and thread.

After Rong Feiyan opened her eyes, she picked up the needle and thread, pursed the thread against her lips, and then threaded it towards the eye of the needle.

Chai family,

Qiushengyuan,
The yard is filled with lanterns.

The vividly carved Kuixing stands in the tall and exquisite Qiqiao Tower.

The altar in front of the building is very large.
There is no need to say much about the tributes such as Mohele.

What is different from other homes is that
There was a jade plate on the altar of the Chai family, and on the plate were several rolls of documents tied with gold threads.

The red seal on the document on the back was a little blurry, so I couldn't tell who it belonged to.

In the faint voice of speaking,
A group of people carrying lanterns walked over to the gate of Qiu Shengyuan Yue.

The maids and mothers were left at the door,
The head of the Chai family, Chai Jin and Chai Bo stood behind.

Madam Chai and Chai Zhengzheng came to the Qiqiao Tower.

Madam Chai patted Chai Zhengzheng's hand gently, pointed at the several scrolls of documents on the altar and said, "Zhengzheng, didn't you ask me why I went to the Qi family before? It was for these."

Hearing what Mrs. Chai said, Chai Zhengzheng looked at the altar in confusion.

"Mother, what are these?"

Madam Chai smiled and said, "Before, you went to Shenbao Temple with Princess Pingning and the two marquis ladies to burn the first incense. Princess Pingning felt that she couldn't take advantage of others for no reason, so she asked the new Hanlin scholar and those who had connections with the Qi family to write these volumes of documents."

"Although your two brothers don't have to take the imperial examination, I still asked for one."

"They are all the same, written by the scholars themselves."

The newcomers to the Hanlin Academy are the top-ranked new scholars this year. Just like the things used by Gu Tingyu, in the eyes of the ladies, these are all blessed with "literary spirit".

Placing it in front of the altar may allow the gods in heaven to feel it and listen to the prayers of devout men and women.

"Go."

Mrs. Chai let go of her daughter's hand and said.

Chai Zhengzheng looked at his mother a little embarrassedly. Just as he was about to take a step forward, Mrs. Chai said, "Zhengzheng!"

Chai Zhengzheng stopped and looked back: "Mother?"

"Your cousin Qi Heng should also say something, and you can't just talk to him alone."

"Pfft~"

Chai Jin at the back couldn't help but laugh.

Chai Zhengzheng's face turned red visibly, but after listening to his mother's words, he nodded slightly.

Xingguofang,
The Duke's Mansion of Qi State,

There are no more people in front of the Qiqiao Tower.
Only the incense sticks in the incense burner on the altar had burned more than half.

There weren't many other things on the altar.

Only more pens, ink, paper and inkstone,

Next to the document tied with gold thread like the one from the Chai family, there is an inkstone with a unique shape. It is the one sent by the Chai family. The stone eyes are distributed naturally, and it is an inkstone with the shape of Kuixing after being polished.

Look, the Kuixing in the Qiqiao Tower was made according to the shape of this inkstone.

Ningyuan Hou Mansion,

Gu Tingye and his father Gu Yankai stood aside.
Watching my mother, Mrs. Bai, with my sister-in-law and younger sister praying devoutly in front of the Qiqiao Tower,
The documents on the altar are slightly different from those of the Qi and Chai families.

There was also a document written with Bai's fingertips' blood.

Bai only hoped that her sincerity could be known by the gods and bless Gu Tingye to pass the imperial examination.

Nanny Chang secretly told Gu Tingye about this.
Although Bai didn't let Nanny Chang tell him.

Yong Yi Hou Mansion,

Xu Zaijing and Zai Zhang knelt together on the cushion in front of the Qiqiao Tower.
Thinking about the hard work these days,
I secretly prayed in my heart, "God bless you."
The night wind blows,

The red incense sticks in the incense burner on the altar lit up, and the green smoke disappeared into the night.

Sheng family,

Changbai and others have finished their mission.
Wei Shuyi took Minglan and knelt on the futon.

After the prayer,
Wei Shuyi took the needle and thread that Qiu Jiang offered,

After pursing his lips, he went straight to the eye of the needle.

Subsequently,

Minglan looked at the needle swaying in the middle of the silk thread as she held the two ends of the thread. She said with surprise in her eyes, "Mother! You are so lucky!"

Sheng Changqiu, who was standing next to the old lady, smiled and blinked, then looked at the old lady.

Wang Ruofu and Liu's mother beside her said, "Why is she so powerful?"

"I guess she is used to embroidery, so practice makes perfect."

Sheng Hong glanced at Lin Qinshuang, who looked pitiful, and waved his hand, saying, "Okay, go back to the house! I'll see your spider boxes tomorrow morning!"

On the second day,
early in the morning,
Changbai and Xu Zaijing walked to the school gate while talking.

Looking at Gu Tingye taking off his cloak in the school, the three of them looked at each other.

(End of this chapter)