Normally, the "Shangyuan Festival" will only be around the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which will only be the fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth day. The "night ban" will be abolished and the people will be allowed to leave their homes and lifang at night.
Go out to the street to watch the lanterns and watch the moon, and participate in singing and dancing.
Therefore, the Lantern Festival will form a larger "night Wenhua" and "night economy" in Chang'an. Now that the festival has been extended to six days, it is a great thing for many shops to be eager for.
For a moment, the streets were really crowded at night, and people were surging. Even though I had seen a city of millions or even tens of millions in my previous life, when Chang'an's population was swarming, I also had a sense of encountering the National Day holiday.
Feel.
It is probably Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, West Lake and other things during the Golden Week. I don’t know how the scenery is, but I feel it because I feel it.
Li Tai followed the crowd and planned to sit down at a restaurant. Even if he watched the crowd coming and going, it was somewhat of a good place for playing time.
Just as Li Tai was about to leave, a hand suddenly stretched out from the crowd and grabbed his jade pendant!
"Tsk tsk, it turns out that this is the time for pickpockets to rush around!" Li Tai sighed in his heart.
But my skills have not fallen behind, and maybe compared to my childhood, I don’t know how much better it is.
If a thief meets him and punches him, he will probably watch him lying on the ground and shouting for help.
But it doesn't matter. He has guards secretly protecting him. Li Tai was thinking in his heart whether to repeat the story and pour dirty water on Li Chengqian. Anyway, he is idle, so Li Chengqian definitely doesn't mind.
At this time, Li Tai grabbed the man's wrist, which was particularly slender. A little girl with a melon-shaped face called pain, her eyes full of charm were filled with tears at this moment, and she looked like I was crying for you to see
Looks like!
"It seems that he doesn't look like a thief." Li Tai looked at the little girl carefully and couldn't help but draw a conclusion in his heart.
After all, this little girl is in her teens and looks like a beauty. If she catches her, she should be sold to a brothel in Pingkangfang and trained her carefully!
Such a beauty actually asked her to be a thief. Her technique is so rough and direct. She is really an idiot!
"Who are you!" Li Tai looked at the little girl and said, "Why do you steal my stuff?"
"I didn't want to steal things, I just wanted to see the jade pendant. Aye said that the person with the patterns on it is something I want to respect." The little girl said clearly about her purpose, and she had to say that she looked very smart.
Li Tai looked at the jade pendant hanging around his waist, which contained the family emblem of the Guanlong Li family, which was actually a variant of Li's small seal script. Not only the Li family in Longxi, but also the five surnames and Qiwang all used their family's surnames as
House badge habit.
Of course, if it becomes a side branch in the future, the characters on the family emblem must be added or reduced by one or two strokes, thereby indicating respect for the direct line, which is somewhat a taboo for the direct line of the family.
But the most important thing is that this little girl can actually see things at night, which makes Li Tai even more sure that the little girl is not so aristocratic, at least she cannot be from an ordinary family.
When Li Tai heard the little girl's words, he took out the jade pendant and handed it to the little girl, "If you want to see it, then you should take a look!"
To be honest, Li Tai was not afraid that the little girl would run away after taking the things, because the guards around him had formed an encirclement.
Li Tai looked around with some confusion. The girl looked at her clothes and the white skin on her hands. She didn't look like an ordinary family, but if she was really a wealthy family, she should have a maid taking care of her, right?
Otherwise, wouldn’t it be safe to feel that a little girl is running outside during the Chinese New Year holiday, and isn’t she afraid of meeting human teeth or gangsters?
Finally, the little girl returned Li Tai's jade pendant to Li Tai, then performed the standard court etiquette and spoke,
"Negotiable, I'm separated from my family. Can you send me home?"
"Can you tell from this jade pendant that I have a similar relationship with the palace, so do you believe me? I'm very smart!" Li Tai sighed, "But I'm curious about your identity?"
"My father Xu Xiaode is the chief of the right guard of the crown prince's palace. He occasionally receives rewards and has seen the patterns on the jade pendant on the waist of the noble man."
The little girl said, "Today I traveled with the female family, but because there were too many people, I didn't notice it for a while, so I waited for my family to come and look for it in many places.
But before I waited for my family, I saw the noble man’s jade pendant. I was offended by all, and I hope the noble man will forgive me!"
"Then I will call you Xiaomao Xu!" Li Tai said calmly,
"You don't need to ask me your name, and you can have fun with me on this Chinese New Year Festival first. How about sending you home when you are over?
In addition, I will let my subordinates stay here. If your family finds this place and asks your name, it will also reassure your parents."
"Uh..." To be honest, it is beyond common sense to be able to make such a calm decision when this little girl encounters a crisis.
But even so, facing the proposal proposed by Li Tai, she thought for a little while and agreed.
After all, since Li Tai can believe it, she just obeyed Li Tai's arrangements.
In comparison, Li Tai felt that since his father was the prince's person, he might not be of any use to sell favors more or less, but in the same way, there might be times when it is useful in the future.
"Thank you for your help!" Mrs. Xu agreed, walking behind Li Tai obediently, looking like she could escape at any time.
Li Tai smiled and asked the guards hiding in the dark to walk out of the two of them, and after explaining the matter, he asked them to wait here.
To be honest, for the Tang Dynasty, which is usually vast and sparsely populated and has a slow pace of life, walking on the streets with crowds is a pleasure that is rare to see once a year.
Therefore, every Lantern Festival, from princes and nobles to peddlers, is the most equal time for them besides death, because the streets can "no matter no matter the noble and low, mixed with men and women, and no distinction between monks and laymen", and can be said to be a minority for all.
People can put aside their dissatisfactions and worries and enjoy the freedom of holiday carnival.
Li Tai and the little girl had just walked a short distance from the street and saw some children throwing bamboo into the burning fire at the entrance of the market. As it burned, "crackling" appeared.
The sound.
"It seems that you can try to study fireworks. After all, festivals without fireworks are less atmosphere!"
Li Tai touched his chin and sighed at the Lantern Festival today.
There is no way, to be honest, there are actually not many opportunities to stroll around the Lantern Festival like Li Tai.
When I was still young, I basically had no chance to be independent, and when I opened my house, I almost spent my time working.
Now, after careful calculation, this year has been the tenth year of Zhenguan. In fact, the years when the Zhenguan rule was the most harmonious and harmonious years may be now.
If Li Shimin continues to develop, it may not be that he has become confused. At most, he is just a little lazy.
Now the people have truly felt the end of the troubled times and enjoyed peace. Even the most threatening Tuyuhun was solved by the Tang Dynasty. This made the people very satisfied with their current life, so naturally they could see that the festive atmosphere was very warm.
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Li Tai took the little girl all the way, but before he knew it, he came to Fu'anmen. Suddenly, Miss Xu pulled her sleeve and said pitifully, "Negotiable, can you sit for a while? We're leaving.
It's a long way!"
"Okay, okay!" Li Tai saw a peacock investment store with a peacock logo on it, and he came by.
There is a huge lamp theory at the entrance of this shop, which is at least two or three stories high. On this lamp wheel, colorful silk brocade is hung with gold and silver as lighting, and lanterns are hung, which looks quite beautiful.
Beautiful.
"So beautiful!" Mrs. Xu couldn't help but sigh at the lantern.
"Then let's go and have a look!" Li Tai decided on the place to go casually, and Miss Xu nodded repeatedly.
Li Tai and Xiaoma Xu approached, but saw the waiter from the shop greeting him and said to Li Tai, "Do you want to get the lantern for Xiaoma?"
"Take?" Li Tai chewed the word, smiled calmly, and said, "How to learn from it?"
"If the man is rich, he will have money and a lantern, and this shop will have nothing to say. If the man is talented, he only needs to write a poem and get the eyes of my shopkeeper, and then he will get the lantern.
If the husband can be ranked number one in poetry, he will come to my hotel for dining and accommodation in the future, and it will be free of charge." The waiter replied.
Li Tai turned his head and looked at Xu Xiaozi and said, "Do you have any lanterns you like?"
There was a little hesitation on Xu's face, and finally he raised his hand with a blushing face, pointed to a blue bird-like lantern, and said timidly, "I want that!"
"Okay!" Li Tai smiled and said, "Waiter, prepare your pen and ink!"
"Okay!" At this time, the waiter immediately reached out and said to Li Tai, "My husband, please come here!"
Soon, Li Tai was led to one side by the waiter. Four treasures of the study were prepared here. Li Tai was about to grind it, but at this time, Miss Xu had already snatched the inkstone and said, "Neighbor, I'll grind it!"
Li Tai smiled but did not refuse, so he let the little lady Xu grind it. It has to be said that her technique is still very standard, and it is obvious that she is afraid that she will have to do her homework in normal times.
Li Tai dipped ink and wrote: "Silver flowers reflect the fire trees, walking alone without a place to return. He raised his head to the tall building and looked at the end of the world."
Although Li Tai's calligraphy is not god-like, after practicing calligraphy for so many years, it can be considered quite neat.
At least when the layman was watching the fun, he couldn't help but praise "Good words, good words!"
However, every time Li Tai finished writing a sentence, someone next to him recited loudly and kept reading the whole poem. Especially when he read the last sentence, everyone could feel a strong and upward emotion gushing out.
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"Good poems, good poems!" The people around them can find some empathy in this poem to a greater or lesser extent.
Li Tai's poem is naturally taken from Yan Shu's Butterfly Love Flower.
But I can’t memorize the whole poem myself. Even if I can memorize it, it is not appropriate to write it in the Tang Dynasty, so I took the essence of the most famous sentence and decorate it.
Of course, there is a bit of a sense of separation, but at least Li Tai can say with integrity that this poem was written by himself, at most it was just copying the most important sentence himself. Can the matter of scholars be considered copying?
Most of it is a reference!
Many Tang poems are like this, and a whole poem ends up just remembering one sentence.
Of course, in the future, Yan Shu will continue to write about his Butterfly Love Flower. Although it will have some impact, the noun will not disappear!
At this moment, watching Li Tai write this poem, Xu's eyes shine, and even his breathing is a little rapid.
"Waiter, is this poem worthy of your shopkeeper's eyes!" Li Tai said calmly, "Get the blue bird lantern!"
To be honest, if it weren't for the finishing touch of Yan Shudie Love Flower, then this poem was almost worthless. But with that finishing touch, this poem might have the qualification to include 300 Tang poems.
Therefore, Li Tai did not believe that such poems were not considered the best among poems.
Sure enough, the waiter of the shop quickly sent the lanterns and said to Li Tai, "I'll give this lantern to this little lady!"
At this time, the little lady Xu grabbed the poem tightly and said with a little begging, "Neighbor, I don't want lanterns anymore. Can you give me this poem?"
"You will do something!" Li Tai smiled when he heard the words of Xiaoma Xu, "It was you who just wanted the lantern, and it was you who didn't want the lantern. How could a gentleman have no faith!"
"Although the lantern is something I like, this word and this poem are even rare in the world, how can I change it!" said Xu Xiaozi.
Li Tai originally thought that Miss Xu would say she was a woman, so she was not a gentleman.
But now it seems that Miss Xu's tutoring is good. Li Tai patted Miss Xu's head and said,
"You have the vision to choose this poem, but since I promised to give you the green sparrow lantern, it will naturally give it to you.
Shopkeeper, I’ve bought this lantern!”
"What is the word of the Langjun? Since the female master wants the Langjun's handwriting, how can we win the favor of others?"
At this time, the shopkeeper came out and said, "Just allow us to send someone to copy one and participate in the evaluation!"
"Huh?" Li Tai smiled when he heard the shopkeeper's words, "I'm taking advantage of it, but this poem has not been nominated yet, so let me nominate it!"
Li Tai said this and wrote on it that he met Miss Xu on the Lantern Festival. After writing it, he stamped his own private seal. When the ink was slightly dried, he put the poem away and handed it to Miss Xu.
,road,
"You are the first person who truly praises me for writing well. Even if this gift is a gift, please accept it!"
Miss Xu quickly reached out her hand, holding the scroll with one hand and the lantern with the other, looking cautious.
It felt like I had a treasure, and I was so happy.