One hundred and ninetieth chapters keep the year old
To protect the longevity of Mr. Dong and the longevity of Sui Niang, Song Huiyue made full preparations and sat down with Yin Xiao next to the brazier in order for Mrs. Song to live a long life.
Outside there was a tsunami-like sound of firecrackers, drowning out the sound of musical instruments coming from the Forbidden Palace.
Early this morning, a large court meeting began in Dauchei. There were also envoys in the palace coming to congratulate them. It was called a formal battle. The King of Jin entered the palace before dawn and has not left yet.
Song Huiyue said while eating tangerines: "During the Lantern Festival, we also hang up two lanterns and put on lantern riddles to see if anyone can take a fancy to our lanterns."
Yin Xiao nodded.
Song Huiyue knew that he was not good at words, so she continued on her own: "The year I left Kyoto, an interesting thing happened at the Lantern Festival. A man hung up a chrysanthemum lantern, and I don't know who was next to him.
A cucumber lantern was hung up. I was still young at that time and didn’t understand anything. I only knew that everyone laughed. The man was so angry that he went back with the lantern and replaced it with a peach lantern. In the end, someone hung up a monkey lantern next to it.
, the man grabbed the person he had trouble with, and the two had a fight. Later, I heard that the person hanging the chrysanthemum was the elephant aunt who receives guests at the elephant house, and he deliberately undermined him that the person was his benefactor."
She didn't know where the Elephant House was at that time. She only knew that her mother-in-law had been complaining to her father that she shouldn't be allowed to listen to such nonsense.
Dad said that if others dare to speak, she will listen. If you don’t understand now, you will understand one day in the future. Isn’t it interesting to think of the past?
It's better than looking back on the past dryly, without even a funny joke.
Just like when she thinks about it now, she can make herself laugh.
She laughed, and Yin Xiao also laughed. There was no content in the smile, and she didn't know whether he understood it or not. It was just unconscious. When Song Huiyue smiled, he laughed.
After chatting for a long time, Yinxiao suddenly leaned forward and said: "Madam, there seems to be a leak somewhere."
"Where are we?" Song Huiyue stood up quickly.
"No," Yin Xiao shook his head, "The sound is a bit far away."
Song Huiyue slowed down and listened carefully to the sound. However, her ears and Yinxiao's ears seemed to be different. She heard nothing except the deafening sound of firecrackers.
She frowned and walked out: "Go out and take a look. At this time, the palace has just dispersed."
Yin Xiao took off his cloak and chased after him. While walking forward behind Song Huiyue, he opened his arms, shook out the cloak, raised the wind, and draped it on Song Huiyue's shoulders, as if his hands were coming from behind.
He hugged Song Huiyue and left at the touch of a button.
Opening the door, Song Huiyue stood at the door and stopped to listen. This time she also heard a sound, crackling, which was the sound of sparks exploding in the sky.
At the same time, the sound of firecrackers also became quieter.
People who were still watching the New Year's Eve and playing around looked at the red-hot sky. There seemed to be more than one place where the fire broke out. The fire intensity varied in size. It seemed that there were three places.
When the fire started, the people who reacted faster than Yinxiao were the Forbidden Army patrolling at night. The Spring Festival was different from usual. The three Forbidden Army offices stayed up all night. In addition, there were more fires at this time, so there was no big panic. The three Forbidden Army offices took the lead.
, led the patrolling garrison, the officers of each government office, and the people on horseback to go forward, carrying water bags, pumps, hemp poles, and fire hooks, while the people behind carried ladders and buckets, and the troops divided into three groups and ran wildly.
Someone on the street said: "Did you do it carefully?"
"It must be. I heard that Seisaku hadn't finished arresting him yet. When he was first captured, it was the second or third day. Didn't Seisaku kill someone?"
"Fortunately, the fires were all in the outer city."
The outer city was less densely populated than the inner city, making it easier for the imperial troops to enter and exit, and it was easier to dig trenches.
The sound of firecrackers rang out sparsely again, mixed with the sound of horse hooves, making people unbearable, so those who loved to join in the fun also flocked away. Unfortunately, they couldn't be in three places, so they could only watch the fun according to the size of the fire.
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There is no need to agree to come back to meet up. If nothing unexpected happens, once the fire is extinguished and the spectators return in twos and threes, they will talk at length and describe every detail of the fire scene.
Song Huiyue couldn't help but wanted to join in the fun. Yinxiao selected the spot with the biggest fire and followed everyone there.
Before the imperial troops arrived, the common people could put out the fire. After the imperial troops arrived, the common people could not mix in and could only watch the excitement outside.
Therefore, there were more people watching the excitement than putting out the fire.
Song Huiyue stood far away, watching for a moment, then suddenly frowned, patted Yinxiao, reached out and pointed at the group of people who had just arrived: "Is that Zhang Xutang?"
The person coming is Zhang Xutang.
Zhang Xutang must have come out of the palace in a hurry, and his clothes were still very grand. He looked at the slowly weakening fire in front of him, and he was already heartbroken to the point of numbness.
Stored here were 100,000 pieces of gold brocade given to the Zhang family by the Suzhou Weaving Department. There were ten different brocade samples. He opened the green woven gold crane brocade and looked at it. The gilt silk on it was genuine.
The golden light on her body was brilliant, like gold flowing in a furnace on her clothes.
The five kingdoms of Liao, Xia, Jin, Dali and Yuan were fond of this kind of gold brocade and could sell it at high prices.
Now it's all reduced to ashes.
Even if they are not burned out, the cloth and gold thread will become unusable if they are burned by the fire.
The damage here was so great that he couldn't care about the other two places - a newspaper office and a restaurant main store.
The people who knew that the Zhang family had stored 100,000 pieces of gold brocade here were all confidants. They had kept it there for so long, just waiting for the envoys to come and arrange it during the Chinese New Year, and then take it away when they returned.
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It's been fine for so long, so why did something happen at this time?
Is it King Jin or Xizuo?
Who around him needs to be cleaned up?
In fact, no one betrayed Zhang Xutang, but when Ni Peng was sorting out the name cards, he discovered two name cards of the Zhang family. One was Zhang Xuling's, which contained Zhang Xutang's lawsuit, and the other was the manager of the Zhang family.
Yes, intercede for the newspaper office.
After the newspaper's name was given to King Jin, King Jin immediately found the tabloid and read it carefully with Xie Chuan, discovering that the tabloid had touted the golden brocade many times.
Afterwards, Xie Chuan checked again and found that the price of gold brocades was also rising.
Whose tabloid belongs to whose tongue is it? Is the Zhang family hoarding it and preparing to make a fortune on the gold tapestry?
King Jin thought for a long time and asked You Song to lead people to the dock overnight, find the guild in charge of the dock, and dug out the account book of unloading goods during that period.
The account book was written very roughly, only recording the time the ship arrived, how many people were needed to unload the cargo, which team of laborers were assigned, and what the items were.
But this is enough.
You Song found out that a shipload of gold brocade had entered Kyoto, but did not appear in any major cloth shop. It could only be stocked by the Zhang family. King Jin followed the clues and found this place.
Then a fire burned the place to the ground.
Song Huiyue looked at Zhang Xutang's uncertain face under the firelight, and quietly walked home with Yinxiao.
Today was New Year's Eve, and she didn't want to cause any more trouble.