After the year, the merchant ships coming and going, traveling through the Bian River, the streets and alleys, were all about the imagination and discussion of the New Year and the Chinese Lantern Festival.

In this atmosphere where the people are hotly discussing the Lantern Festival, Fang Zhongyongcai felt more realistic and more appropriately what the people of Bianjing regard Lantern Festival as a kind of carnival.

It can be said that the people of Bianjing, even divided the stages of their lives not by age, but by the memories of visiting the lantern market.

In her twilight years, the old white-haired mother-in-law can trace her memories from the Lantern Market sixty years ago to her innocent girlhood, from her handkerchief, best friend, and partner, to her life, the most important social relationship.

Back then, I walked together among the colorful candles, guessing riddles and the names of the flowers. Some of them were already covered with weeds on the graves, while others were full of children and grandchildren...

The passing life is like a string of cotton threads of memories, and the Lantern Festival is like falling on the cotton threads, shining beads.

Each one is a story of a year, one year old, the streets and alleys that have been squeezed through, the embroidered shoes that have fallen out of scale, or the shops that have disappeared from the torrent of competition...

Whether it is the first time, I am wearing a newly made short silk jacket with my lover, lit a sky lantern to express my beautiful yearning; or the first time, I am taking my children and holding countless things to crowd the bustling streets and alleys to ask for a glass, the "Golden Bowl Wine" placed by the royal family at the gate of the imperial city... are all the most beautiful things that a native of Bianjing is talking about.

The tradition of lanterns on Lantern Festival was the first official edict in the first month of the fifth year of Qiande in Song Taizu:

"The lanterns of Shangyuan were lasted for three nights. Now the court has nothing to do and the grains are abundant. It is advisable to let the citizens enjoy themselves. Kaifeng Prefecture will put the lanterns at night, and then as an example."

With the prosperity of the Northern Song Dynasty, the rich people became increasingly addicted to Carnival and this kind of entertainment enjoyment. By this time, during the Jingyou period, the Lantern Festival was officially extended to five days, starting from the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

The atmosphere of the Lantern Festival program was earlier, and it began to be planned and arranged.

It has just passed the winter solstice. Kaifeng Prefecture has long been built with bamboo and wood on the Imperial Street of Xuande Gate in Bianjing. The sheds used for lanterns are decorated with flowers, colorful flags, brocades, and cloth paintings, and are called "mountain sheds".

The people of Bianjing are longing for this wealth and prosperity, and the immortal banquet and carnival.

At the end of the year, there are various artists performing programs every day, from magic, acrobatics, rap, comedy, to singing and dancing, zaju, magic, riddles, "The cleverness, the eyes and ears of the day",

Every day, there are scenes of the Spring Festival Gala repertoire, accompanied by various food and drinks, which stimulates the economy of Bianjing and climbs rapidly.

Fang Zhongyong's "Visitor's Secret Angel" drama was also rehearsed in full swing under the strict screening of models by Chai Lin and the demonstration and leadership training of Jian Jiao.

Looking at the graceful figures in front of him, wearing various heroes in LOL and various beauties in fairy swords, twisting their slender waists, and as they walked back and forth in front of him, Fang Zhongyong felt that he was like the "Laofu" in the fashion circle of the Song Dynasty.

In the past, when I read the list of all the most popular programs and actors included in "Tokyo Dream Book", I was always full of unlimited imaginations of that era. Now, I am about to create this new hot spot in the Bianjing era. How can I not be happy?

Fang Zhongyong turned his excitement into motivation, seized every minute and every second on the eve of the Lantern Festival to make his unique arrangements for the "Visual Secret Angel" show. For this arrangement, this morning, he went to Kaifeng Prefecture alone to find Fan Zhongyan and bargain.

Fan Zhongyan's big beard has just been washed in the New Year, and it looks thick and clean, and it is particularly rhythmic when he stroked it. After hearing Fang Zhongyong's request, he glanced at Fang Zhongyong with his eyes squinted:

"It sounds novel, 'fountain'? Do you want the Yujie Mountain Shed to set up this set? And you also said that this set can prevent water from flowing during festivals? You said to me in detail."

Fang Zhongyong repeatedly said yes, bowed a lot, then strode to Fan Zhongyan's table: "Borrow me the pen and ink."

Without waiting for Fan Zhongyan to say politely, "please".

Fang Zhongyong had already looked like he didn't think he was an outsider. He dipped in ink and drew shapes on paper.

Although he is not a professional calligrapher and painter, he has a very good foundation in calligraphy and painting, and he is very smart. Soon, he paints vividly.

When Fan Zhongyan looked at it, there were two colorful Manjushri Bodhisattvas and Samantabhadra Bodhisattvas on the left and right of the mountain shed on the Imperial Street. They were straddled by lions and white elephants. Five streams of water flowed out from the Bodhisattva's fingers, and then they were connected to the mechanism. The water flow was artificially circulated, forming a background.

Next to it is Fang Zhongyong, who wrote two large cursive characters: Fountain.

Seeing Fan Zhongyan's excitement, Fang Zhongyong continued to explain:

"At that time, from the mountain shed to the large square of Xuande Gate of the imperial city, a large circle of thorns is surrounded by thorns, which is more than a hundred feet long, and is called the "Jing Pond".

In the Jingban, performing on the stage, outside the Jingban, the people watched, and in the Jingban area, the imperial guards and firefighting camps were drawn, and they were dressed in gorgeous vigilance, to maintain order and avoid water flow, and to serve as an ornamental use. Wouldn't it be a convenience?"

Fan Zhongyan looked at it, thought about it again, and suddenly turned around and smiled:

"This time, if I help you with this, you will prepare to send me how many "Visitor's Secret Underwear" to me?

Last time, you said you thank me for your kindness. How did you think I would be thankful? Unexpectedly, you brought more than 30 carts to the books printed in the Yuewen Study. I became a part-time book seller. You guy."

Fang Zhongyong felt that in a subtle way, this Fan Master, who was always stubborn in his previous life, sang about worrying about the country and the people, and spoke in danger in the prosperous era, now has a lot of optimism, cheerfulness and positive efforts.

Thinking of this, Fang Zhongyong felt extremely relieved and thought it was the effect of his little butterfly.

However, in fact, Fang Zhongyong was still too optimistic. A master who has been shouting for decades, who is worried about the country and the people, will never give up and do something whenever he has time.

Look, the New Year is coming again.

Last time, Fan Zhongyan was rejected when he was included in the "Picture of the Hundred Officials" and criticized him. This was a shirk. He wasted too much time and energy in other businesses that were not his job, and he gained a good reputation.

So, this time, Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu wrote four memorials again to refute this evaluation.

The first letter is about the king's goodness.

The second letter is about selecting talents and appointing talents.

The third letter is about recent names.

The fourth letter is about shirk responsibility.

The four memorials, written by two literary leaders, are heroic and can almost be summarized into the four basic principles of "facing the virtuous and staying away from the slander".

Zhao Zhen’s New Year is also annoying.

Two days ago, I slept well at night and the bedroom caught fire. Meiren Zhang, who should not have been sleeping, broke into the sea of ​​fire alone and spent half an hour with Zhao Zhen.

Afterwards, Zhao Zhen was moved and originally planned to add Meiren Zhang as the imperial concubine, but then something happened again-

The censors and ministers of the Censorate and the Censorate all wrote letters saying that the emperor's bedroom was a disadvantage of the emperor's virtue. Emperor, please reflect on yourself first.

Zhao Zhen’s heart couldn’t help but grow grass:

Nani? If you don’t check it out, how can you arrange security and serve me? The bedroom of my family has caught fire. I still have to reflect on myself? Am I an emperor or are you an emperor? It’s simply that, why are you soaring and storming up to 90,000 miles. In short, get out.
Chapter completed!