Yanyuntai·One

Chapter 9
As soon as Yanyan opened her eyes in the morning, she saw Hu Nian coming to inform: "Father is in the study, and told you to see him." Yanyan had nightmares last night, and the bloody scene of the execution ground kept replaying in her mind, and she was suffering from a headache in the morning. Hearing such a sentence, his face became even more ugly.Yesterday, she tamed the horse privately, broke into the Xishi execution ground, and caused a disaster. Now that her father told her to go to the study, what good could she do?
She got into trouble from a young age, and was punished to a large extent.It's just that her father and sister have always doted on her, and they often hold her up high and put her down gently.In the past two years, as the political situation outside has become more and more severe, her ability to cause troubles has also increased, so the previous punishments of thunder and rain have finally been implemented several times.

Punish her for nothing else, what she fears the most is that the spring is approaching, if her father punishes her to ground her feet, it will be terrible.After thinking about it, she realized that the possibility was really high, and her heart began to beat, but she dared not not go, she found various reasons, and seeing that she couldn't avoid it, she bit the bullet and went.

Xiao Siwen was sitting in the study room with a book rolled up in his hands. Seeing Yanyan come in, he didn't look up and just read the book by himself.Yanyan entered the study and stood by the door, ready to run away if something went wrong.Unexpectedly, after standing for a long time, seeing her father ignoring her, she was surprised, first raised her head and peeked at her father, and saw that her father was only looking down at the book, as if he didn't know that she had stood for a long time, so she took a step forward quietly, fearing that Xiao Siwen would suffer if she was disturbed. Cursed, hurriedly took half a step back.After a while, he took another step forward, took another half step back, and finally came to his desk after such a long time.

Xiao Siwen had noticed her small actions long ago, but didn't speak. Seeing that the girl had a weak heart, and seeing that he ignored her, she gradually became bolder and made all kinds of mischief in front of him.Coughing involuntarily, Yanyan immediately put on a cute face as if startled, and smiled apologetically: "Father... I see you are reading, you continue to read, or I will go out."

Xiao Siwen put down the book and said flatly, "Then what are you doing here?"

Yanyan hesitated for a moment, and suddenly thought cleverly, since her father didn't ask, then can she not admit her mistake so directly?After today, if my father brings up this matter again in a few days, it will be too late, so I can't blame him too much.Thinking of this, he changed the direction of what he had already said: "I... I just came in to see my father, and I wanted to ask him to get some books."

Xiao Siwen remained calm and looked at her pretending to be smart: "Oh, you think of reading?"

"Yes," it was really hard to answer, Yanyan hurriedly pointed to the book in Xiao Siwen's hand and asked flatteringly, "Father, what book are you reading?"

Xiao Siwen pushed the book forward, and said leisurely: "In the book I was reading, there happened to be a story called 'Blockbuster', which was about King Zhuang of Chu's reign for three years, but he didn't issue a decree or do anything. There was a political event. You Sima told the king, what happened to a bird flying from the south that didn’t sing for three years? The king of Chu said that although the bird didn’t sing for three years, it would surely become a blockbuster.”

Yanyan was puzzled, my father told this story before, why did he tell it now?But he didn't dare to ask, so he could only smile embarrassingly.

When Xiao Siwen said this, he paused for a moment, and said: "Yesterday, you were also a 'blockbuster'!" As soon as Yanyan said this, she immediately understood the trouble she had caused. Her father already knew about it, and she couldn't deny her love, so she had to apologize : "Father, I was wrong..."

"Oh, where did you go wrong?"

Yanyan rolled her eyes and quickly admitted her mistake: "Father, I was wrong. I originally went to train the horse to win for our house at the Spring Nabo, but I didn't expect Wuyun Gaixue to be frightened by the sound of the drum. It was my fault for breaking into the market, I will ask Uncle Husi to compensate those common people, and it will be deducted from my monthly money, do you think so?"

Xiao Siwen knew that although this little daughter was mischievous, she still had some responsibilities after being mischievous. This first one was handled very well. However, seeing that she spoke fluently, she must be so proficient after getting into a lot of troubles on a daily basis. His breath rose again, and he only "hummed" and didn't speak.

I don't want Yanyan to say again: "But it's not my fault to break into the West Market. You see, I have already tamed the dark clouds and snow, but I was startled by their drums. It's not my fault. Also, the West Market is a prisoner." The place where the execution is executed, but casually teach people to break in by mistake, this is really not fulfilling the duty of Yili Biyuan."

Yilibi is the Khitan official name, in charge of prison.Although Yanyan is pampered, she is the daughter of a descendant family. She has been familiar with civil and martial arts since she was a child, and knows about criminal names.

Xiao Siwen was furious when he heard it, and reprimanded him: "Nonsense. You are right!"

Seeing that her father was angry, Yanyan was so frightened that she hurriedly took back her nonsense: "Okay, Dad, it's my fault. But I didn't expect it, and I didn't expect that they would suddenly beat the drums. I was also scared It’s not light. I almost fell to my death. Do you know how terrible it was at that time? The execution ground was full of blood and dead people, and they wanted to arrest me..." She turned around quickly, knowing whether it was a bad thing or not. After passing, I wanted to pass the test pretending to be pitiful, but at this point, thinking of what I saw at that time, I burst into tears.

Xiao Siwen was about to have a fit, but when he saw her crying, he couldn't help feeling distressed.Yanyan is a young girl. She was loved by her parents and favored by her elder sister since she was a child, so she was very naughty. Whenever she got into trouble, she would act like a baby and beg for mercy, which made her family soft-hearted.After the death of Princess Yan, Xiao Siwen couldn't bear to blame her when she saw her face similar to that of his dead wife.

Moreover, such a big child is the most difficult to teach. Every time she gets into trouble, she rushes to admit her mistakes faster than anyone else, and her attitude is more sincere than anyone else, and then "admit your mistakes bravely, forget them in a blink of an eye, and do it again next time"; She can't beat her hands; if she wants to talk about punishment, she can pull out a set of fallacies, although most of them are nonsense, but she can also justify herself by borrowing what the teacher taught and using it to sophistry.

In Xiao Siwen's heart, there were actually infinitely heavy worries.Nowadays, the emperor is easy to kill, and the royal families are intriguing and dangerous. If this child doesn't change, one day he accidentally gets into trouble and gets out of hand, what should he do?He frowned and thought, what method can be used to make this child remember the lesson?

Before Yanyan came just now, he also discussed with his eldest daughter Hu Nian, but he couldn't think of a way.He wanted to punish her properly, but when he saw his daughter crying and acting like a baby, his heart softened, and he just snorted: "Do you still know how to be afraid? You are not young anymore, you should know what's going on outside. You just Having said these things, I don't know how worried your sister is when you run out! If Derang hadn't arrived, with your appearance at that time, several of your heads would have been lost. Besides, The execution ground involves Nantou rebellion, if the leader becomes suspicious, do you know that it will affect the family?"

Yanyan was anxious when she heard this: "My lord can't be unreasonable, how could this hurt the family?"

Xiao Siwen was furious: "You said that too? If you are still like this, don't go to Chun Nabo this time, so as not to cause trouble for the family!"

Yanyan was shocked, these words hit her deadly spot.Once a year, everyone went out, so what's the point of her staying at home alone? She was busy begging with soft words and making countless promises.

Xiao Siwen didn't dare to really keep her in Shangjing, this child would always have a way to cause trouble when he couldn't see it, and when something happened, he still said innocently that it was a complete accident.How dare he leave her alone in Shangjing, if she gets into trouble without her family watching, God knows what the consequences will be.

But he had to teach the lesson, Xiao Siwen said with a sullen face that this matter was very serious, until Yanyan begged and assured that she would never cause trouble on the spring bowl, so she gave Yanyan a case file: "It seems You are still too ignorant, so I need to let you know more about good and bad. This is the final report of the Nantou rebellion case..." He pointed to a stack of files next to him, "These are the files of this case. I want you to read all of these, and then write an article to express your opinion, if the writing is not good, then you don’t have to go to Chunzabo.”

Although Xiao Siwen was regarded as a person who paid more attention to Sinicization in the upper class of the Liao Kingdom, he was not an old Han family after all, so what he taught his daughter was not boudoir reading materials, poems and songs, but mostly practical.Jian Yanyan is naughty and can't be beaten or scolded. The only effective punishment method I can find so far is to write articles.As for the content, you can do whatever you want, such as specifying a sentence in the Han Dynasty, or a paragraph in the classics system since the founding of the People's Republic of China, or a certain genealogy of each tribe, etc.

The content of these punishments can actually be big or small, and he just pointed at it casually at the beginning, not wanting to see Yanyan's benefits in this matter.She was fined to copy books on weekdays, she would cut corners.But she pointed out one matter and asked her to write out her experience, but this naughty daughter was very serious, and she had to figure out everything in detail. When she handed over the article, she looked triumphant, as if she had completed something A very big deal.

After Xiao Siwen found out that she still had this talent, she tried to induce her and often had some problems. During the politically sensitive period, she could always tie Yanyan for a short period of time to prevent her from going out to be mischievous.This time, the old trick was repeated, asking Yanyan to delve into the case file, and calm down before Chun Nabo.

Yanyan wanted to refuse to pick it up, but she was afraid that it would be impossible to go, so she had to go on with a bitter face.Xiao Siwen's study room is huge, and it is divided into a compartment for her to play slowly.Xiao Siwen left a book boy for her to prepare for her inquiries, thinking that the case had already been concluded and there was nothing special about it, but it was just a matter of dragging her down.Yanyan was reluctant to accept the punishment, but she didn't want to watch it, but she became interested. She immediately investigated the history of fleeing to the south from the southward rebellion, and then found out about the system of the Han Dynasty in the country until she sat down when she was traveling. On the carriage, he was still holding the file in his hand.

Hu Nian had to take care of Xiao Siwen's travel matters, as well as various matters of his own tribe. He was so busy that he couldn't get away, and even asked Wu Guli to help, and finally finished everything before the tour.At this time, the three sisters were in the car, but they couldn't help being surprised to see Yanyan still holding the file.

Wu Guli asked first: "Yanyan, haven't you finished writing?"

Yanyan didn't raise her head: "Oh, I finished writing, but there are still many things I don't understand."

Hu Nian couldn't help asking: "What don't you understand?"

Only then did Yanyan raise her head, rubbed her eyes, and raised the case file in her hand: "Father asked me to write an article about the whole story of the subjects fleeing south, and I looked up all the records in the case file in his study room since the Taizu. In the case of escape, it was found that not only subjects fled south, but also subjects from the Southern Dynasty fled north. The reason for this is related to government orders..."

Wu Guli snatched the case file from her hand, and said angrily: "Didn't you already hand over the article to Daddy, what are you still looking at!"

"Yes, I left it to my dad, but I think this case is very interesting, so I told my dad that I will continue to write this article, and my dad still praises me!"

Wu Guli looked at the case file in his hand, there was a line of big characters on the front of the book that read "National Rituals of the Dynasty", followed by the small characters "Han Zhigu", then he felt that he had found something, and snickered: "Hmph, it sounds like you really It’s like becoming a good boy, I see, you see, this is not for your father’s praise, but for your virtue to be praised by your elder brother.”

Yanyan was annoyed, and rushed forward to snatch it: "You are talking nonsense, give it back to me!"

The two sisters quarreled for a while, and Hu Nian sat leisurely, watching the two of them quarreling so much that they almost turned over the carriage, but he didn't stop it.The two of them had enough fuss, and then panted to arrange their clothes, looked in the mirror to see that their hair was all messed up, and asked the maids to get on the carriage to re-comb their hair, and held hands, they got out of the carriage and rode together.Hu Nian then picked up the file that Yanyan had left behind, and read it.

At this time, Yanyan and Wu Guli were already riding on the horses, letting the horses gallop.

The spring bowl is only once a year, it should be fun, if you have anything to do, put it aside first.

The so-called "Nabo" is a Khitan language, which means camping, and later refers to the emperor's political behavior of migrating from time to time in order to preserve the nomadic habits of the ancestors.At this time, the Liao Kingdom implemented the north-south official system. Although the south had borrowed from the Han official system, the south side had governed the prefectures and counties, managed the wealth, and distributed the Han army. The emperor ruled from the middle, but in the north, the tribal customs still remained In order to strengthen control, the emperor made regular inspections, ordered tribes and vassal states to visit, and immediately dealt with the administration of palace accounts, tribes, military aircraft, and herdsmen. The original meaning of "Nabo" is also extended to the emperor's four seasons fishing and hunting activities, collectively known as "Four Seasons Nabo", also known as "Spring Water and Autumn Mountains, Winter and Summer Nabo".

This custom is also similar to that of the traditional dynasty emperors performing ancient rites for plowing, spring sacrifices, southern tours, and northern hunting. Using sacrifices and production methods close to the old customs can achieve the effect of being close to the people and strengthening control. Martial arts performances, exchanges, administration, etc., have been waiting for two or three months before returning to Beijing, or directly leaving the camp to enter the next season of Nabo.

From Shangjing to Changchun Prefecture, the emperor camped all the way, stretching for dozens of miles, stop and go, and even have a party with the tribes who came along the way to welcome them, and then bring these tribes on the road, naturally walking extremely slowly.However, Siji Nabo is based on following the old customs, making home everywhere, and it is not a large army rushing around. It does not make any difference whether you walk fast or slow.

Along the way, Yanyan, Wu Guli, Yelu Xianhe and other small partners roared back and forth, racing horses and competing with arrows, harming yellow sheep and fawns, and finally arrived at the bank of Yazi River in Changchun Prefecture.

When the tribal leaders and ministers and kings have almost arrived, a fish feast will be held. At this time, the ice layer on the river surface is gradually disappearing, and the fish are hooked on the ice, and the first batch of fish, the largest, are presented to the emperor, and they are cooked and killed. banquet.

When all the ice on the river disappeared, geese and geese flew in, beat drums by the river to startle the geese and geese, and then released the sea dongqing to catch the swans.

In fact, this is the legacy of the old tribes. All tribes gather together for banquets to enhance friendship and exchange emotions. Even through this kind of gathering, the young children of their respective tribes go hunting, play, get acquainted, and form marriages.At the same time, through games such as horse racing, arrow competition, and hunting and hunting, the abilities of the next generation of young people are also displayed, so as to determine the strengths and weaknesses. The winners gradually become the core, and those with poor abilities automatically adjust themselves to obey and follow positioning.

The old people are keen on the head fish case and the head goose banquet, and the young people are more enthusiastic about the subsequent rituals.

The Saser ceremony was originally established by Su Khan, the fourth Khan of the Yaonian family. In the spring, the ceremony of shooting willows is held. One is to pray for rain, and the other is to compare the martial arts of his children.Before the first day, a canopy of hundreds of pillars is erected first, and the witches are ordered to pray for the rain. On the first day, the emperor, clan relatives and important officials perform willow shooting ceremony. After waiting for the offerings, the emperor and empress will offer sacrifices to the east, and the willow shooting competition will be held by the children of all ethnic groups.If there is rain within these three days, the person in charge of the ceremonies will be rewarded on the third day. If there is no rain, the person in charge of the ceremonies will be splashed with water, and then the ritual of praying and shooting will continue.

For the young aristocrats, the next day's competition in Seserli is the most attractive. It's not just a competition. Their ranking in the willow shooting competition will directly affect their status in the Langjun army.The so-called Lang Jun Army is an army composed of the children of the royal family and nobles. These children will enter the army at a certain age, build military merits, and be promoted step by step until they enter the power departments at all levels.The annual willow shooting meeting has also become the first step in their pursuit of power.

On the day of the Willow Shooting Conference, Yanyan got up early in the morning, dressed up, and hurried out of the tent, and ran into her second sister, Wu Guli, who had also been dressed up.

Yanyan made a face and said with a smile, "Second Sister, you got up really early today."

Wuguli saw her coming out, and gave her a blank look: "Of course I'm here to watch you, lest you get into trouble again."

"Forget it, don't you want to play yourself?"

Wuguli glanced furtively, and whispered to Yanyan: "Let's leave quickly, lest the eldest sister come out to see and arrest us again."

The two quarreled endlessly when they were alone, but when they did some unruly "bad things" behind their father's and sister's backs, they always got along very well and had a tacit understanding. Yan Yan hurriedly nodded and said, "Yes, let's go." He hurried to the stables, giggled and got on the horse, and was about to move forward, when suddenly someone asked, "Where are you two going?"

When the two turned their heads, they were startled, but saw Hu Nian standing not far away on a horse, smiling.They glanced at each other and stuck out their tongues, knowing that they couldn't escape this time.Naturally, they knew how powerful the elder sister was, so they did not dare to say a word obediently. After being scolded by Hu Nian for a long time, they followed Hu Nian dejectedly, followed by a large number of attendants, and went to the Baizhang ceiling.

Two rows of willow trees have been neatly planted in the southeast of the Baizhu ceiling, and the willow branches are tied with nine colored threads of blue, white and black.The witch is offering sacrifices in the center, and the disciples and servants on both sides form a circle to isolate the crowd from the onlookers.

Yanyan raised her eyes curiously, but she saw wine, food and other things placed on the incense table as tributes in exquisite ritual vessels, and the witch's face was covered with lines like spells, and she muttered a prayer: "The son of heaven, Buddha and Bodhisattva Maharaja, Buddha Standing Buddha is the god of Omo Simama. Those who wish today gather the colored threads of the nine families, and tree willow branches to lead the rope. Raise the divine arrow to pray for blessings, and to pay respect and sincerity. Sui Yi Blessings, inherited from the first. To prosper and benefit, to obey. Thousands of auspicious gatherings, nine narrations are full of prosperity. It is also the same as the holes, and the blessings come to complete. The gods care for me, the gods protect me..."

She sang and danced for half a day before she finished praying, so she sent someone to untie the nine-color thread from the willow branch, and first offered it to the royal family members, and then the waiters distributed it to the surrounding noble women, which is called "God". Lock", tied on the wrist, in order to seek the blessing of the willow god.

Willows are born by water. When the ancestors of the Khitan people grazed on the grassland, finding willows meant finding a water source, and the tribe had a source of survival and continuation.That's why we sacrifice willow trees every spring to thank Buddha Lifodo Omo Simama for bestowing life, and to bless believers with prosperous descendants and safe homes.

Standing at the front, Hu Nian took the three colored threads from the tray and greeted his sister: "Yanyan, Wu Guli, come here and change the lock."

Wuguli stretched out his hand, and there happened to be a blue colored thread on his wrist. Hu Nian untied the blue colored thread, replaced it with a new one, and put the replaced colored thread on the waiter's tray.

Yanyan also stretched out her hand to let Hu Nian tie the colored thread, and said curiously: "Sister, it turns out that the magic lock you brought to me came from here."

At this time last year, she had already gone to the Willow Shooting Conference, and it was Hu Nian who changed the magic lock for her in the end.But because the god lock is best not to go through the hands of ordinary people, and the god lock that is untied must be hung back on the willow branch for sacrifice, and three days later, I will take it back for collection by myself.That's why Hu Nian brought his two younger sisters to pick him up in person this year, and said: "After three days, don't run around, and come here to retrieve the old god lock."

Yanyan was a little impatient, but she didn't dare to disobey her sister, so she had to wait patiently for Hu Nian to finish speaking, and after asking that there was nothing wrong here, she hurried away.

(End of this chapter)