Settle Down In Tang Dynasty

In September, a few days later, it was the Double Ninth Festival. At the same time, it was Xue Lang's birthday.

In September last year, he went to Chang'an to offer good luck. Although it was busy, he was lonely. There was no one who told him that his birthday was happy. This year, I not only have my own residence in Chang'an City, but also have friends in Chang'an.

Although life is not perfect, there is progress. No, Xue Lang is satisfied. Of course, what's more satisfying is that the Double Ninth Festival will be a holiday, and the imperial court will also give benefits to Beijing officials!

This year's welfare is very interesting. In addition to the oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar that were distributed in previous years, this year's festival has benefited Fudo with a silk cloth and two quilts.

There is no doubt that Xue Lang thought of this move again. He specially pointed it out in the planning book. There is no promotion method and promotion way that can match the power of the imperial court. As an imperial daughter, Princess Pingyang has a natural advantage. It would be too wasteful not to use it.

Then, on the day of the Double Ninth Festival, Xue Lang could not stay at home. With his present rank and status, he wanted to enter the palace and climb a long distance with the saints. Then, there's the shooting.

The shooting ceremony, to put it bluntly, is that the emperor chooses a place in the palace, and the monarchs and ministers show their bowing skills together. Those who shoot have a reward, and those who fail to do so will be ridiculed.

This is a little disturbing, because, up to now, Xue Lang's archery is still not very good! At a distance of 90 steps, the first five arrows all hit the target position. As for whether they are hit or not, it depends on luck; for the last five arrows, because of insufficient strength, one is still closer to the other. In a word, the level of archery is totally unknown. Although, in order to shoot a gift, Princess Pingyang specially sent someone to bring him a bow suitable for him and asked him to practice bowing. However, someone's level really stinks, wasted the princess's good intentions in vain.

Last year, Xue Lang was not qualified to take part in the activity. He didn't know that. After knowing that he would take part in this activity this year, the whole person was not good. In the early Tang Dynasty, officials in the imperial court could ride horses and draw bows regardless of their civil and military skills. Those who were as poor as Xue Lang were wonderful flowers!

Anyway, it will not be recorded in the official history that any minister failed to hit this kind of thing when shooting at Chongyang. Therefore, it should be nothing to lose face once? It's just a pity that the princess's bow is delivered!

This is what Xue Lang said to himself when he left home to enter the palace in the morning.

Every year, a suitable place in the palace is chosen as the shooting ground for ministers to compete. There is no fixed place. This year, the sage chose the square in front of Linde hall, which is very spacious. The venue has been arranged yesterday -

the shooting distance is 90 steps. There are temporary built walls on both sides of the target to avoid the event that the shooting deflects and injures the audience. A safe distance outside the shooting range is also equipped with a band. Yes, archery is performed according to the music rhythm of the band.

According to the regulations, the highest building in Chang'an city is the Imperial Palace, and the best place to go is naturally in the palace. People directly accept the worship of the ministers in the Linde hall, but all the ministers participate in the festival, and then the princesses and princesses.

Xue Lang arrived not too early or too late. Before Li Tang's royal family arrived, all the ministers arrived early. Among these people, Xue Lang was the youngest. He courted and said hello to people politely --

"Li Gong, have a good holiday!"

"Is Youyang here? Thank you for the crab you sent yesterday. It's more delicious than the one you tasted last year

"Last year's drunk time was not as long as this year's, and the taste was not good enough. This year's Pickle time is relatively long, and it has already tasted delicious. Naturally, it tastes better than last year's

It was Li Gang who spoke to him first. Pei Ju stood beside him and said with a smile, "did Li Gong taste it last year? I was lucky to have a taste this year. I didn't expect that crabs could still do this. It's fantastic and delicious. "

"I'm flattered by Mr. Pei. I'd like to have it to your taste."

This year, Xue Lang made many drunk crabs ahead of time. In addition to giving them to the families he knew well, he also asked Su han to send some to the people of the imperial medical department. Although Xue Lang's EQ is low, he has a deep understanding that friendship is all about dealing with each other. People will naturally know what kind of person he is if he gets along well. If he gets along well, he will become a friend. If he doesn't get along, he doesn't feel regret.

"Why? Listen to your words, Xue's son-in-law seems to give you two delicious food? Why did Xue's son-in-law forget his husband? "

Next to Pei Ji also came to make fun of him, seemingly true or false, and asked Xue Lang, but his face was smiling. Xue Lang arched his hands and said, "good festival for Pei Gong! But they are homemade crabs. If Mr. Pei doesn't abandon them, I'll send them to him later? "

Pei Ji said with a smile: "it should have been so long ago! Even if I had the audacity to ask for it, would Xue's son-in-law throw the matchmaker over the wall before the new couple married? "

The old men all laughed, and Xue Lang was flushed with laughter. He quickly bowed his hands and begged for mercy: "add another jar of wine made by Xiaguan, please let go of Pei Gong!"

Pei Ji one face "calculate your kid discernment" expression, satisfied nod. Joking a few words, the sage finally brought the princes and princesses to Pingyang.

Xue Lang followed the officials to see the sage. Although it was not good to look up, he felt that Princess Pingyang was looking at him, lowering his head and secretly laughing. He said in his heart, your highness, happy festival!

After visiting the sage, he was given a banquet, drinking, poetry and chrysanthemum as usual. Xue Lang couldn't write poems. In addition to drinking, he had to dance to entertain his relatives.To eat and drink is to shoot. The first one was the sage. Stepping on the rhythm of the band, the sage shot four arrows. After shooting, the general of qianniuwei took the arrows that he had shot -

at this time, the people were still more ethical and would not cheat to please the emperor, so they would give a few arrows to the sage. His majesty Li Yuan's bowing skill is good. All four of them are in the middle.

Then the prince, the king of Qin, and the king of Qi. The princesses also went up to shoot. The princes were all good, and the princesses were still successful. Few of them missed the target.

After that, ministers appeared one by one. The sage was at the top of the list and said with a happy smile: "this year, I have chosen a prize. The first prize is a BMW, and the second is silk. If I miss the target, I miss it Then I also have cornel wine. I will take the punishment consciously! Ha ha... "

"I will thank the sage in advance."

The ministers also made fun of it. Most of them rubbed their hands and were eager to try. The sages stroked their beards and laughed happily.

Xue Lang has a bitter face -

cornel wine is not good to drink, it is spicy! With the technology of wine making, the wine is a little sour, and the taste is really sour!

"This arrow has won!"

This is the bull's eye!

"This arrow stays!"

It's a shot down from the center of the target; Yang is up, not to mention the left and right.

The ministers of the early Tang Dynasty, that is the real march on the Marco, down the horse can govern the country. Even old men like Pei Ju and Li Gang were mostly shot, but they were old and weak, and few of them hit the bull's eye.

When it's Xue Lang's turn, Xue Lang stands in front of the line, pulls the bow and aims -

Princess Pingyang holds up the wine cup and sips it gently. The princess Xiangyang next to him smiles and comments: "good posture. Xue Shilang is so tall. Do you think bowing is good?"

The last question is the princess Pingyang. Princess Pingyang held the hand of the wine glass, and a smile crossed her eyes. She thought, "in a way, ordinary people are hard to reach."

Xiangyang princess one Zheng: "unexpectedly so fierce? We should take a close look at it. "

Then, looking at Xue langsong's hand, "whew", the arrow shoots out --

the first one flies over the target and shoots high!

The second one, straight under the target, low!

The third one, on the side of the wall; the fourth Shoot into the chrysanthemum pot in front of the hall!

Xiangyang princess was stunned, Pingyang Princess chuckled: "elder sister, look, this is not in the accurate head, is ordinary people difficult to reach?"

It turns out that A-Mei's ordinary people are difficult to reach this meaning!

Xiangyang Princess chuckled and patted the Pingyang princess's show hand: "it's just you! It is not afraid of Xue Shilang's sadness to bury his future son-in-law like this. "

Princess Pingyang looked at Xue Lang's four arrows with a smile. She felt embarrassed and touched the back of her head. She said with a smile: "the strength of Youyang is not bowing. You may be ashamed and never sad. Youyang is not such a fragile person."

"Oh, my sister knows him so well?"

Xiangyang Princess joked, Pingyang Princess smile, face pan on a faint blush, mouth but generous admit: "I have known him for a long time, this is of course."

Xiangyang Princess looks at the old deep-seated A-Mei with such a good smile. She has a tacit understanding with Xue Lang in her words. Somehow, her feelings are somewhat complicated -

a deep and introverted person like A-Mei unexpectedly recruited a husband-in-law who is so committed to each other Think of her and his son-in-law marriage when the hardships, there are some envy. A-Mei is so lucky!