The rise of the late Song Dynasty reigns supreme

Chapter 297
When night fell, Zhao Gou called everyone to gather in the center of the mansion, and everyone was there without exception.Following Zhao Gou's order, everyone dressed neatly and left the county palace. Zhao Gou followed closely behind in casual clothes, turned and left.

At the same time, Chu Palace was full of jubilation. Zhao Yougong, who had not been out for many years, not only appeared in the court again, but also participated in this year's Qixi Lantern Festival, the biggest news in history.For Zhao Yougong's happiness, all the housekeepers down to the old servants in the mansion shed tears, expressing their gratitude for Zhao Yougong's actions today.

The door of the mansion opened, and Zhao Gou was waiting outside. Seeing that he was dressed neatly and appeared in front of Zhao Gou like a handsome young man, he was taken aback, and teased, "Brother, could it be that you are full of enthusiasm and want to get married as soon as possible?" gone?"

Zhao Yougong glared at Zhao Gou fiercely, but ignored him, he was in distress.When he stepped out of the mansion, followed by two guards, the arc of Zhao Gou's mouth widened again.I thought that my father only sent guards to follow me, but I didn't expect Zhao Yougong to enjoy such 'treatment', I was really surprised.

"The two of you follow, so there will be no girls approaching the King of Chu, stand back three meters!" Zhao Gou uttered a voice to help Zhao Yougong, easing his embarrassment.Sure enough, the two guards, who didn't change their faces or smile at all, felt that it made sense after hearing this, and naturally stepped back three meters, keeping some distance from them.

"Cousin, what's the matter with you?"

Zhao Yougong said in a low voice, dumbfounded: "I'm not blaming you, if my father hadn't heard that the emperor sent two guards with you, I don't know what he thought, he just stuffed me with two guards, and these two It came out of the villa, even if it is my order, it will not obey!"

"Cousin, in this situation, I'm afraid my younger brother won't be able to be with my elder brother!" Zhao Gou dared to walk side by side with Zhao Yougong after hearing about it. The two guards supervised Zhao Yougong. Supervised, and it will not be back to the original point by then, so without thinking about it, I just turned around and slipped away.

No matter how Zhao Yougong shouted, Zhao Gou turned around and left without hesitation without looking back.

"It's really shameless!..." Zhao Yougong looked angrily at the back of Zhao Gou's leaving, and looked at the two people around him dumbfounded. If these two people were not sent by his father, I'm afraid this moment will kill their hearts. have it all.

Zhao Gou slipped away, regardless of Zhao Yougong, he thought to himself: "If you don't leave now, when will you wait? It's hard to get rid of the guards sent by my father. If I stay with him, I'm afraid there will be no difference. I just want to see this How about the lights?"

Therefore, Zhao Gou and Zhao Yougong split into two groups, Zhao Gou was left unattended and relaxed.The opposite is Zhao Yougong, he is sitting on pins and needles, if he is not serious, he will be silently remembered by the two guards beside him, his words and deeds are like acting under the eyes of others, which makes him very uncomfortable, but not What to say.

On the night of the seventh day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, the weather is warm and the grass and trees are fragrant. This is the most important day for girls.On a clear summer and autumn night, the sky is full of stars, and a white Milky Way runs across the north and south. On the east and west banks of the Zhenghe River, there is a shining star on each side. Looking across the river, they are Altair and Vega.

Looking up at the starry sky, Zhao Gou couldn't help sighing: "The pulse is opposite, and the golden wind and the jade are precious; drunk."

Without Zhao Yougong, and without other people following him, Zhao Gou was like a kite that had lost its harness, walking around everywhere.He will not seriously look at women to see if there is one he likes. This is not what he should do, so what he said before was just to deal with Zhao Ji and Wei Shi, and even Zhao Gou thought of an excuse , so concentrate on playing seriously.

The streets and alleys of Bianjing City are decorated with lights and festoons, bustling with pedestrians, all young and beautiful women, as well as newly married women, and unmarried men, even married men come to join in the fun, making the narrow The streets became more crowded, but there was no complaint, but excitement.

The newly married women are not yet pregnant, so they bathed and changed their clothes yesterday to pray for an early baby; the unmarried women prayed for an early meeting with a good husband.Today is the Qixi Festival, many unmarried women are all dressed up, participating in this grand event, everyone dreams of meeting a favorite husband.

Clay figurines of Cowherd and Weaver Girl can be seen everywhere in the streets and alleys. Even the lanterns are pasted with paper of Cowherd and Weaver Girl, as well as selling candied gourds, rouge and other things. Made of common things, such as: watermelon, lotus, gourd and other shapes.

The lanterns were originally used to commemorate relatives and pay homage, but today's lanterns are for the Cowherd and Weaver Girl to meet each other as soon as possible, with strong blessings and affection.Whether it's a lady of the family, a woman from a famous family, or a commoner's daughter, they will buy a lantern and put it in the moat, letting the water flow away.

Women release river lanterns to pray for a good husband, and men to find a wife. Zhao Gou walked up to the hawker and stopped for a while.Zhao Gou bought one, dumbfounded, and paid double the usual price, muttering, "As expected of a businessman, he is really shrewd!"

Zhao Gou held the lantern for a while and didn't know what to do. He had never participated in such an activity, and he didn't know what to do. He couldn't just leave the lantern aside or throw it away at will. It would be impolite Yi, the situation in front of her didn't allow it, so she gave a wry smile helplessly: "It's just asking for fun!"

"Brother, don't you know the way to set off the lanterns?" A man with a jade-like face looked at Zhao Gou who was stunned in place with a smile, and said aloud, "It just so happens that I'm going to set off the lanterns next time, why don't you, Xiongtai and me?" How are your colleagues?"

Zhao Gou nodded helplessly, and the man continued to ask: "Seeing that my brother is not young, and his appearance is extraordinary, why hasn't he married yet for some reason?"

"..." Zhao Gou had nothing to say, so he was silent, and the man didn't mind, and said to himself: "Because my family is poor, my mother urged me so hard, and I was afraid of hurting my mother's heart, so I had to come to look for it. To get someone I like is the only way to get a wife with my status!"

Zhao Gou asked curiously: "Having a wife is related to being rich or poor?"

"Of course it's related!" Seeing Zhao Gou's reply, the man regained his energy immediately, and said solemnly: "If the family background is decent, how can we not be married? How can the poor be so blessed, how can there be a woman who likes it!"

"It makes sense!" Zhao Gou nodded in agreement, remembering that the same is true for later generations.

"Dare to ask your brother's name?"

"Zhao Weiguo!"

"Loyal to the emperor and patriotic, that's a really good name!" The man couldn't help saying, "I'm under Yang Zheng!"

Zhao Gou muttered to himself: "Yang Zheng?"

Zhao Gou used a pseudonym, not his real name.The original surname is inconvenient, so it will be changed to 'Weiguo', which means 'protecting the family and defending the country'.When Yang Zheng said his name, Zhao Gou sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he heard it. From Yang Zheng's point of view, Zhao Gou was a little curious.

Yang Zheng said embarrassingly: "Brother Zhao is laughing at you! Yang's real name is Zhifu, but this name feels a little bad. He liked reading since he was a child, but he practiced martial arts since he was a child. In the end, he changed it to Yang Zheng in a fit of anger. I hope Brother Zhao will forgive me! "

Zhao Gou knew that Yang Zheng had misunderstood, but he didn't explain. He just smiled lightly, and felt that although this person was a martial arts practitioner, he was knowledgeable and courteous. Hearing the origin of his name, he couldn't help but smile knowingly, thinking: "This person is honest and honest!"

(End of this chapter)