Is it okay to touch the emperor's objections? Ningzong of the Song Dynasty was extremely unhappy, but he couldn't get angry on the spot. The ministers watched carefully, and the next day, when arranging official positions for the new scholars, Chen Zhengda was sent to Guangxi Road as the magistrate of Qinzhou. Song Dynasty
People valued civility over military affairs, and the newly recruited Wu Zhuangyuan immediately took up the post of magistrate of the state. It was definitely a high position, and the ministers praised him as the emperor's wise emperor.
Qinzhou, also known as Tianya, is one of the most remote and backward states in the Song Dynasty. Qinzhou has Yi, Bai, Dai, Zhuang, Miao, Hui, Lisu, Lahu, Wa, Naxi, Yao, Tibetan, and Jingpo ethnic groups.
, Bulang, Buyi, Achang, Hani, Xibo, Pumi, Mongolian, Nu, Jinuo, De'ang, Shui, Manchu, Dulong and other ethnic groups are distributed. Among them, the Han and Zhuang are the long-standing ethnic groups in Qinzhou.
. Appointing him as the governor of Qinzhou is considered a high position, but it is actually like being exiled to the army. It means that you will be allowed to go as far as you want, and never interfere in state affairs in the court again. The court will give you ten days of leave for relatives, and you will take office immediately after the holiday. There is no need to
Go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to cancel your leave.
With a full set of ceremonial guards, the journey from Lin'an to Xianju takes more than ten days. The fake meaning is that you leave the court as soon as possible to save everyone from being upset. Although Chen Zhengda is young, he also knows that he is not welcome in the court, and he is full of worries.
Hurry back home quickly.
After eight days of urgent travel, we arrived at Xianju. The village was still bustling with celebrations. However, the local and state officials had already returned, and no one was left in the village to greet them, because the imperial edict had not yet arrived.
According to the usual practice, the government office believes that it will take at least a month for the number one scholar to return to his hometown in honor. Upon seeing this, Wang Xiaomi comforted: "Serving as an official will benefit one party. Let's make some arrangements tomorrow. We can go to the post with peace of mind the day after tomorrow so as not to miss the court's affairs.
, and it is true. Qinzhou is located in the extreme south, and the miasma is very heavy. I have prepared some good medicine for your husband to remove dampness and eliminate miasma."
On the ninth day, while I was happily having a banquet with my relatives and family, a messenger suddenly came to pass the order of the Ministry of History, urging him to set off on the next day. Two messengers accompanied him to Qinzhou. I was going to Qinzhou to report to Qinzhou.
Official or assigned? Chen Zhengda was angry, but he couldn't cause his family to worry, so he smiled and said to his family: "The emperor's order cannot be violated. Let's end the banquet today."
Early the next morning, the whole village lined up to see them off, and a group of nine people set off for Qinzhou. In addition to the official lanterns and official plaques specially made for government offices, the dragon and phoenix Kui head lanterns made by Wang Xiaomi a few days ago were also lit up all the way. Legend has it that the dragon
It can move clouds and spread rain, eliminate disasters and bring blessings. The phoenix is a handsome figure, representing the owner's saintliness and symbolizing auspiciousness.
Wang Xiaozhu gave her sister and brother-in-law three boneless lanterns made in the skyscraper canyon, a hydrangea lantern to congratulate them on their successful alliance, a dragon and phoenix lantern to wish them a better career, and a blue lantern to wish them peace.
The journey went well. The lamps made by the two sisters in the valley are different from those in the outside world. As long as they can receive starlight, they have the power to ward off evil spirits. There are many miasmas and turbid things in the south, and my sister hopes that this can be of help to them.
Wang Xiaomi smiled and said: "Sister, you have to worry a lot about things in the canyon. Don't let all kinds of monsters take advantage of it."
"Of course, it's just that my sister will be traveling thousands of miles with her brother-in-law. What if my brother comes back?" Wang Xiaozhu said worriedly: "They didn't say when they would return when they left. It's a long way between us.
There was no news during the period."
"Don't worry, I will send a letter home every month and ask Renyu to send it to you." After saying that, my sister got in the car.
After seeing off her sister and brother-in-law, Wang Xiaozhu returned to the Skyscraper Canyon. It will be a freezing winter outside, and this is the saddest season in the canyon. The birds and beasts outside cannot eat, and they will always try their best to break through the barrier.
Go to this paradise to find something to eat. In the past, the two sisters worked together to create a barrier, but now there is only one person. Wang Xiaozhu checked around and found that there were spirits mixed into the kiln and the sky last year, so he had to build some special lamps.
The Boneless Lantern defends itself.
It is easy for ants and insects to enter the underground kiln, so hang a mantis lantern to catch insects. Flying birds are easy to come from the sky. When the birds are scared at the sight of the eagle, they will fly blue lanterns in the sky. The light of the mantis lantern is dim and can penetrate the ground, so it can be dark purple.
Thousands of holes are punched through the paper with needles, forming an inverted lotus shape, and the direction of the light is to shine downward. This structure seems simple, but the internal structure has its own mystery. In ancient times, there was no electricity, and the light used came from candles.
Come on, the flame head of the candle is upward, and the light is blocked by the body of the candle, making it difficult to shine downward. The innermost layer of the seven layers of paper is made of tin foil, and the outer layer is rice paper. There are eight outer layers, four bottom layers, and a total of twelve pieces.
The pieces are pasted one by one and then assembled together, using the reflective effect of tin foil to refract light onto the ground.
More than a dozen wine cellars have to be hung up. This lamp-making workload is quite a lot. It would be great if my sister could do it together. The two of them would talk and laugh, and they wouldn’t be as bored as they are now. From leaving Fairyland to setting out for
It has been two months since they arrived in Qinzhou. According to their itinerary, they have almost arrived there. I wonder what their current situation is like.
While thinking about it, there was another movement from the boundary outside. It was Chen Renyu who had sent a letter. The letter was sent by my sister shortly after crossing Liangzhe Road and entering Fujian Road. The letter said: "Sister, I see that the letter is well. We have already arrived."
Entering Fujian Road, although there are official inns along the way, they are mostly deserted and basically uninhabited. The day before yesterday, when I checked into the Xiamen County inn, I encountered a strange thing at night. There were constant sounds of heavy objects hitting the door in the middle of the night. The servant got up to watch.
But there was no one there. Yi Cheng said that this phenomenon had happened for many years. The cause was the night of the typhoon. Some guests passed by to take shelter from the wind and rain. Since the inn was owned by a government official and there was no official road to guide the guests, they were not allowed to enter. The guests were hungry and cold.
He passed away, and his soul knocked on the door day and night. My sister lit the blue lantern with peace flowers sent by her sister, and secretly prayed for him in her heart, hoping that he could forget the hatred of dying in a foreign land and be reborn in a wealthy family as soon as possible. After a while, the knocking on the door stopped. At night
, My sister had a dream. She dreamed of a man thanking her, saying that he had been guided by the lantern and had reported to the underworld to the King of Hell. He would go to Lin'an to be reincarnated that day. My sister's lantern had done another great good deed."
Wang Xiaozhu only knew that the lantern he made had the power to ward off evil spirits and expel ghosts, but she didn't know that it could also bring good people to good times, which was very comforting for a while.
Seeing this, Su Yuehong asked: "The boneless lanterns in Xianju have the function of protecting family peace. Is this the origin of the legend?"
"It's hard to say. All folk customs have good wishes to seek good luck and avoid evil, and the boneless lanterns are no exception." Jin Huabin replied: "Since Chen Zhengda went to Qinzhou to serve, then maybe Qinzhou
There will be traces of him left. If possible, our wedding destination can be arranged there for both public and private reasons, can you agree?"
"Yes, what Zhu Jinze said is not as true as doing your own research." After Su Yuehong finished speaking, she went online to check for tickets to Qinzhou.